George Ferdinand Bigot

Untitled - Etching on Japan Paper by G. F. Bigot - Tokyo 1886

1886

Bonzes is a drypoint on Japon paper, etched on leather, made by Georges Ferdinand Bigot (Paris, 1860 - 1927). From Croquis Japonais, a print suite of 21 drypoints, a collection published at the author's expense in Tokyo in 1886. Titled on plate on the lower right margin, signed on plate on the lower left "G. Bigot". Overall very good conditions, except for some sporadic minor stains on the lower margin. In this modern art print, two bonzes are represented during a Buddhist religious ceremony. The black and gray palette is very broad. Bónzo, literally "master of the cell" or, according to others, bōshi, i.e. "master of the law", is the title given to religious men...

Gendarme is a drypoint on Japon paper, etched on leather by Georges Ferdinand Bigot (Paris, 1860 - 1927). From Croquis Japonais, a print suite of 21 drypoints, a collection published at the author's expense in Tokyo in 1886. Titled by "the caricaturist of the Meiji era", Georges Bigot, on plate on the lower right margin. Overall very good conditions, except for some usual yellowing of paper on the edges. In this beautiful print, a Japanese military...

La Servante is a drypoint on Japon paper, etched on leather by the modern artist Georges Ferdinand Bigot (Paris, 1860 - 1927). From the print series Croquis Japonais, a collection ma...

Tailleur is a drypoint on Japon paper etched on leather by Georges Ferdinand Bigot (Paris, 1860 - 1927). From Croquis Japonais, a print suite of 21 drypoints, a portfolio published at the author's expense in Tokyo in 1886. In this modern artwork, an old sailor...

An evocative etching by the prominent artist Frederick George Austin (1902-1990). Signed and dated to the lower margin. Provenance: direct from the granddaughter of the artist. On pa...

Medium: original etching. Printed in 1875 on laid paper at the Alfred Salmon Imprimerie and published in Paris by L'Art. Plate size: 8 1/2 x 11 inches (215 x 278 mm). Signed in the p...

Medium: original etching. This impression on laid paper was printed in 1901 for Gustave Geffroy's "La Vie Artistique". Image size: 4 1/4 x 3 inches (110 x 75 mm). Signed in the plate...

Medium: original etching. Published in Vienna by Gesellschaft für Vervielfältigende Kunst in 1903. The plate measures 4 1/2 x 7 inches (115 x 178 mm). A fine, dark impression printed...