Lot n° 113
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Édouard Goerg: Set of two original etchings, c. 1960 - Lot 113
Édouard Goerg: Set of two original etchings, c. 1960 Inscriptions: (a) no numbering or state notation, inventory no. “1424” in pencil in the lower right corner — (b) proof of the first state, numbered “1st state 3/4” in pencil at the bottom right, inventory no. “1458” in pencil in the lower right corner)
(a) Woman in an Armchair [common title] — (b) The Nymphs Driven from the Woods
Two original etchings (and drypoint) on vellum, both unsigned
Inscriptions: (a) no numbering or state indication, inventory no. “1424” in pencil in the lower right corner — (b) proof of the 1st state, numbered “1st state 3/4" in pencil at the bottom right, inventory no. “1458” in pencil in the lower right corner
Dimensions — two identical sheets measuring 50 × 32.5 cm:
(a) Sheet: 50 × 32.5 cm (19 11/16 × 12 13/16 in.); Image (basin) 28 × 18.8 cm (11 × 7 3/8 in.)
(b) Sheet: 32.5 × 50 cm (12 13/16 × 19 11/16 in.); Image (basin): 22.5 × 28.5 cm (8 7/8 × 11 1/4 in.)
Condition: (a) very fine condition, beautiful inking; (b) very fine print, well-inked, small stain in the upper left margin; both unframed
Two prints executed in the artist’s characteristic dense and energetic linework. In (a), a seated female nude, shown from the front against the ogival back of an armchair, with a clothed man emerging from the shadows—a recurring theme in Goerg’s work: the contrast between the exposed nude and the male gaze, with velvety blacks setting off the luminous body. In (b), young nude figures—nymphs—are fleeing and tumbling through a clearing, while beyond them does deer graze among slender tree trunks: a fantastical and poetic forest that recalls the artist’s claimed kinship with Bosch and Goya; here a rare print from the first state (3/4), prior to the final edition. Goerg, a major figure in French Expressionism and one of the great etchers of his generation, taught etching at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and served as president of the Société des Peintres-Graveurs français.
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