Lot Essay
Only nine impressions of the present first state are known to date.
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La Comédie de la Mort
Details
RODOLPHE BRESDIN (1822-1885)
La Comédie de la Mort
lithograph
1854
on pale blueish-grey, laminated simili-China paper
a very fine, sharp impression of the rare first state (of five)
printed by Bertrand & Barthère, Toulouse, 1854
with wide margins, probably the full sheet
in good condition
Image 21,6 x 15 cm. (8 ½ x 5 7⁄8 in.)
Sheet 40,5 x 28,2 cm. (16 x 11 1⁄8 in.)
La Comédie de la Mort
lithograph
1854
on pale blueish-grey, laminated simili-China paper
a very fine, sharp impression of the rare first state (of five)
printed by Bertrand & Barthère, Toulouse, 1854
with wide margins, probably the full sheet
in good condition
Image 21,6 x 15 cm. (8 ½ x 5 7⁄8 in.)
Sheet 40,5 x 28,2 cm. (16 x 11 1⁄8 in.)
Provenance
Rudolf L. Mayer (1895-1962), Colmar & Washington, D.C. (Lugt 4534); then by descent to his wife, Catherine Halphen.
Kornfeld & Klipstein, Bern; presumably on consignment from the above.
Acquired privately from the above on 19 June 1965; then by descent to the present owners.
Kornfeld & Klipstein, Bern; presumably on consignment from the above.
Acquired privately from the above on 19 June 1965; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
D. van Gelder, Rodolphe Bresdin - Catalogue Raisonné de l'Œuvre Gravé, The Hague, 1976, no. 84, pp. 34-38 (another impression ill.)
M. Préaud, Rodolphe Bresdin 1822-1885 : Robinson graveur, Paris, 2000, no. 129, pp. 160-162 (another impression ill.).
M. Préaud, Rodolphe Bresdin 1822-1885 : Robinson graveur, Paris, 2000, no. 129, pp. 160-162 (another impression ill.).
Exhibited
Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Verhext - Phantastische Graphik aus der Sammlung Hegewisch, November 1997 - April 1998. (no cat.).
Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Traumwandler - Odilon Redon und Rodolphe Bresdin, February - June 2003. (no cat.).
Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Auf Stein gezeichnet – Lithographien von Bresdin bis Vuillard, November 2013 – March 2014, no. 4 (ill.), pp. 46, 78.
Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Traumwandler - Odilon Redon und Rodolphe Bresdin, February - June 2003. (no cat.).
Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Auf Stein gezeichnet – Lithographien von Bresdin bis Vuillard, November 2013 – March 2014, no. 4 (ill.), pp. 46, 78.
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