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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, BPL 11, BN, EB 22.
With the indication of a beam in the foreground. Some shadows removed near the ladder.
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Priv. coll.
The plate was printed by Delâtre for Diétrich, before being destroyed. The work is often found with the Fruitière (Ba 29), with which it perhaps forms a pair. Some of the gypsy camps 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.