| Title: |
Tripod by Gouthiere |
| Artist: |
Jacquemart, Jules-Ferdinand 'Jules Jacquemart' (Paris, 1837 - 1880) |
| Date: |
c. 1865 (S. R. Koehler edition) |
| Medium: |
Original Etching |
| Source: |
Sylvester Rosa Koehler's
1885 edition of, Etching, an Outline of its Technical Processes and its History with
some remarks on Collections and Collecting |
| Note: |
Jules-Ferdinand Jacquemart: "Henri Beraldi, a connoisseur
of great authority and not given to gushing enthusiasm, describes Jules-Ferdinand Jacquemart
as 'one of the most astonishing etchers of his time and of all times,'
and substantiates his appreciation by adding that Jacquemart was the creator
of a new 'genre', the rendering of objects of art. So far as his technical
skill is concerned, Jacquemart was nothing short of a wizard; and though
not the first artist to reproduce curios on the copper-plate, he was certainly
the first to portray that aspect of the surface-texture of curios which
one may be permitted to call the reflection of the soul of the inanimate
object" * |
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Undoubtedly the greatest nineteenth century master of the
'object d'art' etching, Jules Jacquemart first gained international notice
for his amazing etchings of Renaissance objects and antique porcelains.
These masterpieces alone would have been enough to secure for him an important
place in the history of French art, but during the 1860's he created equally
important etched sets. In 1961, he contributed the etchings to Histoire
Artistique. 1862 marked the appearance of his famous, Histoire
de la Porcelaine, which contained twenty-six large plates. 1865 saw
the publication of, Armes du XVI Siecle, and in 1868, he created
the etchings for Armes du XVe Siecle. The 1873 Nineteenth Century,
A Monthly Review contained an article regarding Jules Jacquemart's
series, the companion piece to Histoire de la Porcelaine, entitled,
Histoire de la Ceramique, published in 1873. As well, during this period, Jacquemart
worked closely with Cadart and his newly created Societe des Aqua-Fortistes.
Altogether Cadart published almost twenty Jules-Ferdinand Jacquemart etchings. It is thought
that Tripod by Gouthiere is one of these individually published etchings.
After 1873, ill health forced Jacquemart to relinquish etching for watercolour painting.
As one can see in this original etching, Jules Jacquemart's talent in his field was unrivalled.
The detail, clarity and delicacy he brought to this demanding genre has never been surpassed. |
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Tripod, by Gouthiere is one of Jacquemart's most famous still life
etchings. A quote from the 1878 The Gentleman's
Magazine reads; "No etcher or engraver was ever born with so perfect
a conception of the charm and quality of such still life as he chooses
to etch: The porcelain jar, Exquisite in form and design and brilliant in glaze;
the hilt of a sword, on which richly-worked metals shine and, it may be, jewels sparkle;
the Tripod of Gouthiere with all the beauty and coldness of its veined marbles.
It is marvelous how Jacquemart has seen the quality, the special characters of all
rich objects of art, and how absolutely he has conveyed, in his black and white, the very sense
of colour as well as of texture." *John Nichols, The Gentleman's
Magazine, London, 1877, Volume 243. |
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In 1866, the Gazette des Beaux-Arts published an edition
of this original etching, however, the title was written in
French and the printed words under the image read; "Trepied
Cisele Par Gouthiere. Collection de Mr. le Marquis d'Hertford", Gazette des Beaux-Arts." -- "Imp. Delatre.Paris". P. G.
Hamerton's first edition of Etching and Etchers, London, 1868 also
published an edition of this etching & the printed title under the image for
this edition is also in French. Forgotten Books, The Library and art Collection
of Henry de Pene du Bois of New York, references another edition of Jacquemart's famous
Tripod etching after Gouthiere. This original etching was published in Sylvester Rosa Koehler's
1885 edition of, Etching, an Outline of its Technical Processes and its History with
some remarks on Collections and Collecting. The Edition-De-Luxe of Koehler's great work
on etching was printed on japan paper and mounted on cardboard with heavy mats and were not bound.
It was limited to sixty copies with the plates all signed and numbered by the author. The first
edition was published by Cassell & Company Limited, New York, London, Paris and Melbourne,
in 1885, both sets contained etchings by various artists, such as, Twilight in Arizona
by Thomas Moran, Summer by Ignaz Marcel Gaugengigl, The Fisherman's Home by Charles A. Vanderhoof,
Sweet is the Hour of Rest by Henry Farrer, Landscape and Sheep by James David Smillie,
Tripod by Gouthiere and Soldier and Laughing Girl by Jules Jacquemart, Hen Defending her Brood
by William Unger and others. Tripod, by Gouthiere hails from Koehler's edition. |
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Today the art of Jules Ferdinand Jacquemart can be found
in many important public and private institutions. The Harvard Museum
of Art/Fogg Museum, lists an impression of this original etching in its
collection, (Proof before letters), item identifier number is M366.
The Yale University Library lists an impression similar to this original
etching in their collection, (with title in English), number 1978.1.7, and, the Museum of Fine
Arts, Boston also lists an impression of this original etching in their
collection, Catalogue Raisonne B. 23, Fifth, Accession Number K4473, gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler.
Sylvester Rosa Koehler (b. Leipzig, Germany, 1837 - Littleton, New Hampshire, D. C., 1900) was the American
museum curator of fine prints, art critic, art historian and author of such works as the American Art Review (1879-1881), A
Treatise on Etching by Maxime Lalanne (1880), Original Etchings by American Artists (1883),
Etching, an Outline of its Technical Processes and its History with some remarks on Collections and Collecting
(1885) and many other important and historical volumes dealing with the graphic arts. |
| Raissonne: |
Henri Beraldi, Les Graveurs du XIX Siecle, Librairie
L. Conquet, Paris, 1886, Vol. 8, pp. 192-213. |
| Reference: |
* F. L. Leipnik, A History of French Etching, London, John Lane, 1924, p. 117. |
| : |
James Kowles, Nineteenth Century, a Monthly Review, C. Kegan Paul & Co.,
1 Paternoster Square, London, January-June 1881, Vol. 9, article by Frederick Wedmore, pp. 681. |
| Size: |
12 X 8 1/2 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.) |
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Framed and Matted with 100% Archival Materials |
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| Condition: |
Printed on thick, 19th century wove paper and with full,
wide margins as published in the Sylvester Rosa Koehler edition
entitled, Etching, an Outline of its Technical Processes and its History with
some remarks on Collections and Collecting. This original etching
is signed in the plate by Jacquemart and in excellent condition throughout.
"Tripod by Gouthiere" is a fine, original example of the etched art created by the
French artist, Jules Jacquemart. |
| Price: |
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