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Series Title: Improvisations sur cuivre

Quarries Near Montmartre

1865
Culture
France
Medium
etching
Measurements
Image: 22.6 x 30.9 cm (8 7/8 x 12 3/16 in.); Plate: 23.8 x 31.8 cm (9 3/8 x 12 1/2 in.); Sheet: 36.9 x 56 cm (14 1/2 x 22 1/16 in.)
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The prints of series like François-Nicolas Chifflart’s Improvisations on Copper were often separated over time; complete sets like this one are rare today.

Description

François-Nicolas Chifflart was an important member of the etching revival in 19th-century France. This print, from his 1865 series Improvisations on Copper, reveals the freedom and experimentation that Chifflart found in this medium. He drew directly on prepared copper plates, sketching as he would on a sheet of paper, to create both anecdotal studies and imaginative finished compositions. Executed on an intimate scale, the prints encouraged close looking and private contemplation.
A horizontally oriented etching in black ink on beige paper depicts a vast quarry. In the foreground, steep earthen banks with dense cross-hatching descend into a shadowed pit. In the middle ground, three silhouetted figures stand near a central path. On the distant horizon, a building emits a dark plume of smoke into a hazy, pale sky. The initials "E.C." appear in the top left corner of the print.

Quarries Near Montmartre

1865

Nicolas-François Chifflart, Auguste Delâtre, CADART & LUQUET

(French, 1825–1901)
France

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