Arthur William Heintzelman

Etude Pour Merci

Arthur William Heintzelman's miniature portrait, Etude Pour Merci is an outstanding example of his art. Like Rembrandt, Arthur Heintzelman was one of those very rare masters of the portrait study who could express so much in his examination of the subject's features. Here, within a relatively small space, the artist seems to have accomplished etching the life story of this gentle old man.

This original etching and drypoint engraving is printed upon fine, hand-made, laid paper and with wide full margins as published in Paris in 1922 in the limited edition of one hundred impressions. It is signed in pencil by Heintzelman along the lower margin. Etude Pour Merci is a fine, original example of the famous miniature portrait art created by the American artist, Arthur William Heintzelman.

Original Etching and Drypoint by the American artist, Arthur William Heintzelman.

Etude Pour Merci

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Arthur William Heintzelman (Newark, New Jersey, 1891 - Boston, New York, 1965)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Date	Medium	Notes
01.-		Apostle with full Beard by Arthur William Heintzelman	1935	Original Etching and Drypoint	Signed by Arthur Heintzelman in pencil, edition 100 impressions.
02.-		Etude Pour Merci by Arthur William Heintzelman	1922	Original Etching & Drypoint	Signed by Arthur Heintzelman in pencil, edition 100 impressions.
03.-		Le Chevrier (The Goat Herder) by Arthur William Heintzelman	1929	Original Etching & Drypoint	Signed and inscribed "Private Collection" by Arthur Heintzelman in pencil, edition 100 impressions.
04.-		Study of an Apostle No. 1 by Arthur William Heintzelman	1935	Original Etching & Drypoint	Signed by Arthur Heintzelman in pencil, edition 100 impressions.

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Title:	Etude Pour Merci
Artist:	Heintzelman, Arthur William 'Arthur Heintzelman' (Newark, New Jersey, 1891 - Boston, New York, 1965)
Date:	1922
Medium:	Original Etching & Drypoint
Edition:	Limited edition of one hundred impressions.
Note:	Arthur William Heintzelman 'Arthur Heintzelman': A highly esteemed American etcher of the early twentieth century, Arthur William Heintzelman first studied at the Rhode Island School of Design. He then went to Europe for several years and completed his education in Holland, France, Belgium, Spain, England and Scotland. Upon returning to the United States, Heintzelman accepted the position of Head of the Fine Arts Department at the Detroit School of Design for a period of four years. Arthur Heintzelman created his first original etching in 1915. During the following three years he created more than fifty more, but many were to his dissatisfaction and he often destroyed his plates after only two or three impressions.
	After the conclusion of World War One, Arthur Heintzelman returned to Paris on a permanent basis. It was from this point on that his greatest etchings and drypoint engravings were made. Within several years his art was featured in major exhibitions throughout the United States, England and France. Arthur Heintzelman was a full member of the Chicago Society of Etchers, the California Society of Etchers, the American Federation of Arts, the Societe Gravure Originale en Noir and the Associee Societe Nationale des Beaux Arts, in Paris. His original etchings are included in such major museums as the Metropolitan Museum, NY, the Chicago Art Institute, the Los Angeles County Museum, the Bilbliotheque Nationale, Paris, and the Victoria and Albert Museum and the British Museum, London.
	Arthur Heintzelman's fame rested almost entirely upon his figure studies and his exquisite portraits. He was equally adept at both miniature etchings and larger studies and devoted most of his energies to these two mediums. One contemporary author wrote, " Arthur W. Heintzelman is one of the few American etchers well known to the British public, but he is even better known in France, and has spent several years in the French capital. There is an unashamed sentiment about Heintzelman's work which distinguishes it from the shamefaced reserve of some of his contemporaries. He delights in such subjects as a mother and child, and some of his best etchings depict with great tenderness the lines and furrows of old age." * (James Laver, A History of British and American Etching, London, Ernest Benn Limited, 1929, p. 145).
	Etude Pour Merci is an outstanding example of Arthur William Heintzelman's art. Like Rembrandt, Arthur Heintzelman was one of those very rare masters of the portrait study who could express so much in his examination of the subject's features. Here, within a relatively small space, the artist seems to have accomplished etching the life story of this gentle old man. Etude Pour Merci was published in Paris in a signed, limited edition of 100 impressions. No further editions were published and it is believed the plate was destroyed after the initial edition.
Size:	3 X 2 1/2 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Framed and Matted with 100% Archival Materials
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Condition:	Printed upon fine, hand-made, laid paper and with wide full margins as published in Paris in 1922 in the limited edition of 100. Signed in pencil by the artist along the lower margin. Contains very slight matte burning in the outer margins else a magnificent impression and in excellent condition throughout. Etude Pour Merci represent a superb, original example of the famous art of Arthur William Heintzelman 'Arthur Heintzelman'.
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