La Fille au Violon. Girl with the Violin

1894. As published in L'estampe Originale. Album VII. A four color embossed (Gypsograph) lithograph. 10 1/4 x 15 9/16, margins: 16 ¾ x 23 ½. Signed and numbered by Charpentier. Printed by Eugene Verneau. With the Blind stamp of L'estampe Originale. Stein and Karshan 14. Slightly mat burned in the margins but colors are excellent as original. One of the most important artists, together with Pierre Roche to use gypsography in the 1890s. The process involves using plaster moulds and hand-colored damp paper to create the image after which ink is applied directly to the mould, as with a wood-engraving. Later, he replaced the plaster moulds with metal to achieve more detail in the relief. He used the method in book form for the first time here. The effect is one of medals set within the typographic layout