Lot #1025: PAUL CEZANNE - Guillaumin au Pendu - Etching

 

Artist: Paul Cezanne (French, 1839 - 1906).
Title: "Guillaumin au Pendu".
Medium: Etching.
Date: Composed 1873. Printed later from the original plate.
Dimensions: Overall size: 12 x 10 1/2 in. (305 x 267 mm). Image size: 6 1/8 x 4 5/8 in. (156 x 117 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $300
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $400/500
Lot Note(s): The original edition was c.1,000. Cream wove paper. Full margins (deckle edges). Very good impression. Fine condition. Literature/catalogue raisonne: Cherpin 2.
Comment(s): Cezanne made only nine prints during his lifetime, five etchings and four lithographs. All of the etchings date from July 1873 when he was experimenting with etching techniques with his friend, the painter Armand Guillaumin, who is portrayed in the etching offered here. Guillaumin is sitting under the sign of the inn "Le Pendu" (The Hanged Man). [3460-2-300-NA]