Alexandre-Gaston Guignard - Eclaireurs en Fuite or Scouts in Flight

Eclaireurs en Fuite (Scouts in Flight)

Alexandre-Gaston Guignard's original etching and drypoint engraving, "Eclaireurs en Fuite" (Scouts in Flight) is printed upon hand-made, laid paper and with large, full margins as published in New York by Dodd Mead & Company for the portfolio, "Etchings by French Artists" in 1888. It is signed and titled in the plate along the lower margin. This scene depicts a frigid winter landscape two scouts retreat from enemy fire. The lead scout desperately clutches the reigns of the horse of his wounded companion. "Eclaireurs en Fuite" (Scouts in Flight) is a superb, original example of the landscape and military art created by the French artist, Alexandre Guignard.

Original Etching and Drypoint Engraving by the French artist, Alexandre-Gaston Guignard.

Scouts in Flight by Alexandre-Gaston Guignard

Eclaireurs en Fuite (Scouts in Flight)

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01.-		La Lecon de Musique (The Music Lesson) by Antonio Casanova	Antonio Casanova y Estorach, (Tortosa, Spain, 1847 - Paris, 1896)	Original Etching	1879 (Dodd Mead & Company Ed., 1888)	Published by Dodd Mead & Company for "Etchings by French Artists". Printed on fine, hand-made, laid paper and with full margins. Signed and dated in the plate by the artist.	Sold
02.-		Les Buveurs (The Drinkers) by Octavio Cortazzo	Octavio Cortazzo (Oreste) (Rome, Born, 1836)	Original Etching	1879 (Dodd Mead & Company Ed., 1888)	Published by Dodd Mead & Company for "Etchings by French Artists". Printed on fine, nineteenth century laid paper and with full margins extending almost to the edge of the matte. Signed and dated by the artist in the plate.	Sold
03.-		Eclaireurs en Fuite (Scouts in Flight) by Alexandre-Gaston Guignard	Alexandre-Gaston Guignard (Bordeaux, 1848 - Paris, 1922)	Original Etching and Drypoint Engraving	1879 (Dodd Mead & Company Ed., 1888)	Published by Dodd Mead & Company for "Etchings by French Artists". Printed upon hand-made, laid paper and with large, full margins. Signed and titled in the plate along the lower margin. Bearing the number '475' to the upper right of the plate.
04.-		Les Deux Fils (The Two Sons) by Paul-Leon Jazet	Paul-Leon Jazet (Paris, 1848 - ?)	Original Etching	1884 (Dodd Mead & Company Ed., 1888)	Published by Dodd Mead & Company for "Etchings by French Artists". Printed upon hand-made, laid paper and with large, full margins. Signed and dated in the plate along the lower left margin.
05.-		Laveuses a Valliere (Washerwomen at Valliere) by Adolphe Potemont Martial	Adolphe Potemont Martial (Paris, 1828 - 1883)	Original Etching	1879 (Dodd Mead & Company Ed., 1888)	Published by Dodd Mead & Company for "Etchings by French Artists". Printed on nineteenth century laid paper and with full margins. Signed with Martial's 'APM' monogram, titled 'Laveuses A Valliere' and in the plate. Bearing the text 'Salon 1879' to the upper right of the plate.

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Title:	Eclaireurs en Fuite (Scouts in Flight)
Artist:	Guignard, Alexandre-Gaston (Bordeaux, 1848 - Paris, 1922)
Date:	1879 (Dodd Mead & Company, 1888 Ed.)
Medium:	Original Etching and Drypoint Engraving
Publisher:	Dodd Mead & Company, New York
Source:	Etchings by French Artists
Note:	Alexandre-Gaston Guignard: A French painter and etcher of animals and genre scenes, Alexandre-Gaston Guignard began exhibiting his art at the Paris Salon in 1874. His work was awarded medals at the Exposition Universelle in 1883, 1884, 1887 and 1889. Alexandre-Gaston Guignard received the Chevalier de la Legion d'honneur in 1891 from the French government. Today the fine art of Gaston Guignard will be found in such international collections as the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., as well as in public museums in Paris, Nantes, Beziers, Bordeaux and Montauban.
	Eclaireurs en Fuite is a most compelling example of Alexandre-Gaston Guignard's etched art. Within a frigid winter landscape two scouts retreat from enemy fire in the background. In full flight, the lead scout desperately clutches the reigns of the horse of his wounded companion. Every line conveys frantic movement and danger.
	This impression of Eclaireurs en Fuite was published by Dodd Mead & Company, New York in the New York publication of original etchings entitled, Etchings of French Artists. Original works of art contributed to Etchings of French Artists. included "Les Deux Fils" by Paul-Leon Jazet, "Eclaireurs en Fuite" by Alexandre-Gaston Guignard, "Les Buveurs" by Octavio Cortazzo, "La Lecon de Musique" by Antonio Casanova y Estorach, "Laveuses a Valliere" by Adolphe Potemont Martial, "Providence" by Alberto Maso Gilli, "Un Uhlan" by Jean Baptiste Edouard Detail, "Pompe du Notre-Dame" by Henri-Alexandre Safrey, "A Goville" by Alfred Alexandre Delauney and others. Eclaireurs en Fuite was also issued in 1879 for "Fondation du 1er Avril 1868 - L'Illustration Nouvelle", Deuxieme Partie par une Societe de Peintres-Graveurs, a L'eau-Forte, Onzieme Annee - Onzieme Volume, Paris Ver A. Cadart, Editeur-Imprimeur, 56 Boulevard Haussmann, 56, plate #475.
Size:	9 1/4 X 12 1/4 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
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Condition:	Printed upon hand-made, laid paper and with large, full margins as published in New York in 1888. Signed and titled in the plate along the lower margin. Bearing the number '475' to the upper right of the plate. This probably indicates that the etching was first published by Cadart, in Paris. Containing several spots of light foxing within the image and two restored tears along the lower margin (well removed from the actual etching), else a strongly printed impression and in good condition throughout. Eclaireurs en Fuite represents a superb, original example of the art of Alexandre-Gaston Guignard.
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