Description:
Charles François Daubigny (French, 1817-1878)
Two Landscapes: Le ruisseau dans la clairière, from Quarante Clichés-Glaces, 1862, published in 1921 by Sagot/Le Garrec, Paris, in an edition of 150 (Delteil, 137),signed in the matrix, publisher's stamp (Lugt, 1766a) and numbered "141/150" in pencil on the reverse, cliché-verre on paper, image/sheet size 7 7/8 x 6 1/2 in. (19.9 x 16.4 cm); and Le Berger et la Bergère, 1874, fifth state of eight (Delteil, 122),unsigned, identified within the plate, etching on laid paper, plate size 11 1/2 x 8 3/4 in. (28.9 x 22.0 cm); both matted, unframed.
Condition: Minor soiling, pencil annotations to lower margin and/or versos.
Provenance: A Maine estate.
Estimate $300-500
Le ruisseau: Sheet measures 7 7/8 x 6 1/2 inches. Hinged at u.c., hinge remnants on the verso u.l. and l.l. Le Berger: Sheet measures 16 3/4 x 12 3/8 inches. Deckled at right and bottom edge, minor loss u.r. corner. Minor soiling to margins. No additional issues to report.
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