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Auguste Brouet - Shacks in the Zone - Ba 96
Ba 96

Shacks in the Zone

etching (1910)
The caravan has been transformed into a shanty with an upper floor and even an annex. The superstructures are propped up by timberwork. Three adults and three children are populating the plate while a sleeping figure can be made on the platform.
2nd state, 247 mm × 200 mm.
Printed at 30 impressions and 4 ou 6 artist proofs.
Boutitie 72, IFF 2.1, BPL 6, EB 22.
With a beam in the foreground. The shading near the ladder has been softened.

The plate was printed by Delâtre for Diétrich, before being destroyed. The work is often encountered with the Fruterer (Ba 29) with which it may form a pair. Some of the Gypsy settlements in the zone were indeed becoming almost permanent (Hilairet 1964, article rue Letort).
Previous state
1st state, 247 mm × 200 mm.
Printed at 3 ? state proofs.
BPL 6, EB 22.
Before the beam in the foreground.