Portrait of M. Clochez, an engraver, Portrait of M. Clochez, an engraver

Portrait of M. Clochez, an engraver

Details

Eugène Carrière (FRENCH, 1849-1906)
Portrait of M. Clochez, an engraver
signed and dated 'EUGÈNE CARRIÈRE 1886' (upper left)
oil on panel
16 x 12 7/8 in. (41 x 32.5 cm.)

Provenance

with Mr. Clochez.
Anonymous sale; Vente Maurice Rheims, Paris, 7 March 1956, lot 154.

Exhibited

Paris, Eugene Carrière et le Symbolisme Direction des Musées Nationaux, December 1949- January 1950, no. 33..

Lot Essay

In 1868 Carrière was employed by the lithographer Moreau. Whilst he was there he met M. Clochez, an industrial engraver. M. Clochez asked Carrière to design him a vignette for various invoices and programmes. These designs, created by Carrière, were engraved by Clochez between 1883 and 1888. The current lot was painted in the middle of this six year working relationship, in 1886, possibly as a gift for the sitter.

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