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Auguste Brouet - The Travelling Circus (2nd plate) - Ba 467
Ba 467

The Travelling Circus (2nd plate)

etching (1926)
An encampment around trailers and carts. In the foreground an assembly of circus artists with their instruments on the ground. In the distance the big top.
2nd state, 245 mm × 129 mm.
Printed at 75 impressions, 5 state proofs and 10 artist proofs.
Boutitie 332, IFF 31.12, BPL 13, EH 37, ER.
Final state.

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Plate described in the Bibliographie de la France (Timbrage, 19 March 1926, p. 100, no. 1586: Cirque ambulant, original etching by Brouet, 0.30×0.245, without remarques. Edition of 112 proofs on various papers and states at 700 fr; and 14 May 1926, no. 199: Cirque Ambulant (Le), etching by Brouet, price 700 fr, Paris, impr. Vernaut [sic], l'Estampe moderne, 14 rue Richelieu). The plate was acquired by the Chalcographie in 1932 (inv. no. 7163).
Previous state
1st state, 245 mm × 129 mm.
Printed at 15 impressions and 6 state proofs.
Boutitie 332.
Mentioned in the Bibliographie de la France.

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