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Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
ÉMILE BERNARD Paysanne Bretonne ou la Ferme à la Cruche.
Zincograph with hand coloring in watercolor on cream wove paper, 1889. 290x226 mm; 11 1/2x9 inches. Probably printed by Edouard Ancourt, Paris. From Les Bretonneries. A very good impression of this extremely scarce print.
According to Boyle-Turner, "The edition must have been extremely small since these prints are very rare indeed. It is not even known if an actual edition was ever printed. The words 'available upon request' in the Volpini catalogue suggest that they may have been printed only when ordered."
Bernard hand colored most of the known impressions from Les Bretonneries series. Therefore, each of the colored prints are unique.
Both Bernard and his friend Paul Gauguin made a series of lithographs for the seminal 1889 exhibition of paintings at Volpini's Café des Arts, under the name "Groupe Impressioniste et Synthétiste." Other well-known artists in the exhibition included Emile Schuffenecker, Paul Sérusier, Maurice Denis and Aristide Maillol.
We have found only 5 other impressions of this extremely scarce lithograph at auction in the past 25 years. Morane 18.
