signed
by DUMONT, MAURICE.
[Paris] (The Artist), 1894.. 8 original metal matrices for the prints (including variants). Together with this: Double proof suite of 7 original relief prints (glyptographies) on chine, each here in two states (one in orange, one in grey or grey-green), each initialled by the artist at lower right, loosely inserted in the artists illustrated chemise reprising the first plate in orange, here signed in full by the artist and dated 94 in pencil. Image: 140 x 88 mm. Cover 281 x 190 mm. 4to. New fitted cloth clamshell case. Maurice Dumont, etcher, painter, illustrator and editor of the journal 'L'Epreuve', which published numerous original lithographs by French symbolist artists, including Maurice Denis, Paul Gauguin, Pierre Bonnard and Eduard Vuillard, was a prolific printmaker in turn-of-the century Paris. He collaborated on various journals, and invented two engraving processes. This collection includes varaints for each of the prints [Il existe plusieurs essais ou variantes de couleurs pour chaque planche (Bonafous-Murat, in Maurice Dumont, 1869-1899: Peintre-graveur, illustrateur, poète et éditeur de LEpreuve, Paris 1991). ] It is rare to have the striking uncancelled metal matrices together with the collection of prints; the Dumont collection at the Musée Municipal de la Ville dAvranches includes only two matrices from this suite. Provenance: Jacques Frapier, each print bearing his oval stamp (Lugt 950b).
(Inventory #: B175430-1)