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Armand GautierLe Travail - Etching by Armand Gautier - 18601860
1860
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€200
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About the Item
Etching on laid paper
Signed in plate lower left: Armand Gautier
Published by Cadart & Luquet, Éditeurs, 79 Rue Richelieu, Paris
With the blindstamp of the Société des Aquafortistes, lower margin
In Le Travail (“Work”), Armand Gautier pays tribute to the quiet heroism of daily labor through a pair of intimate vignettes — one depicting a man sawing wood in a rustic courtyard, the other a woman absorbed in washing clothes. Together, these complementary images form a poignant study of endurance and dignity, uniting the masculine and feminine expressions of honest toil.
Gautier’s fine, deliberate etching technique reveals his deep sympathy for working-class life. His careful modulation of light and shadow transforms ordinary gestures into acts of grace, while his understated realism reflects the moral spirit of mid-19th-century French art. A friend of Corot and a member of the circle around the Société des Aquafortistes, Gautier was among the early advocates of etching as an independent, expressive medium rather than a reproductive craft.
Excellent, rich impression on cream laid paper; wide margins; slight foxing and soft toning at the sheet edges, image clean and well-preserved.
Armand Gautier, sometimes called “le peintre des humbles,” was known for his compassionate depictions of rural and domestic subjects. Le Travail stands as a testament to his humanist vision and to the etching revival’s democratic ideal — to ennoble everyday life through the intimacy of the artist’s line. This sheet was issued by Cadart & Luquet for the Société des Aquafortistes, the pioneering Parisian association that promoted original etchings by leading artists of the 1860s.
- Creator:Armand Gautier
- Creation Year:1860
- Dimensions:Height: 21.66 in (55 cm)Width: 14.18 in (36 cm)Depth: 0.04 in (1 mm)
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- Framing:Framing Options Available
- Condition:Insurance may be requested by customers as additional service, contact us for more information.
- Gallery Location:Roma, IT
- Reference Number:Seller: T-1581301stDibs: LU650317306192
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