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Auguste Brouet - Portrait of Geffroy (L'Apprentie) - Ba 408
Ba 408

Portrait of Geffroy (L'Apprentie)

etching (1920)
The author is depicted standing, leaning on a mantelpiece.
Only state, × .
Boutitie 272bis.

The journalist, art critic and novelist appears considerably younger than in the previous portrait. The plate was etched after the photograph by Dornac (Nos contemporains chez eux) which shows Geffroy standing in front of his work table, between Rodin's Eve and Carrière's portrait of his mother.