Auguste Louis Brouet 1872-1941, French
1872-1941, French Vegetable Market Etching, image size 10 5/8 x 7 3/8 inches, edition of 60, pencil signed and numbered, framed. Provenance: Brooks Reed Gallery, Boston. Brouet was born to a poor family in Paris in 1872, and as a teenager worked as an apprentice lithographer and lute maker. He attended the Ecole des Beaux Artes, under the tutelage of Gustave Moreau, and was then introduced to etching by Auguste Delatre. He went on to become one of the most successful original etchers of the early 20th century in France, specializing in scenes of daily life of the working class as well as his remarkable images of dancers.
1872-1941, French Danseuse à la Barre Etching, image size 9 x 7 1/4 inches, numbered 25/75, pencil signed
1872-1941, French Danseuse Saluant Color aquatint, image size 11 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches, pencil signed and numbered 211/250
1872-1941, French A la Barre Color aquatint, image size 10 1/8 x 7 3/4 inches, pencil signed and numbered 248/250
1872-1941, French Le Parade Etching, image size 8 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches, cat. Geoffrey-107, includes elaborate remarque along bottom edge, pencil signed and inscribed in French "artist's proof number 3."
1872-1941, French La Liseuse (The Reader) Etching, image size 5 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches, pencil signed and numbered.
1872-1941, French Les Convoyeurs Etching, image size 4 5/8 x 7 3/4 inches, pencil signed and numbered 68/75. Inscribed at the bottom of the sheet "En gare du Batignolles."
1872-1941, French Le Salut Etching, image size 5 1/8 x 7 inches, blindstamp lower left, pencil signed and numbered 49/100
1872-1941, French Cathedral Scene Etching, image size 7 3/4 x 6 inches, pencil signed, framed. (M)
1872-1941, French European Canal scene Etching, image size 9 3/8 X 6 1/2 inches, pencil signed.
1872-1941, French Night Time Concert etching, 8x6,pencil signed
1872-1941, French Marketplace Etching, 3 1/2 x 5 7/8 inches, pencil signed
1872-1941, French Marche Aux Poissons A Marseille etching, 29/100, 5 3/4x7 1/4
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