Henri Delavallée (1862-1943) - Lot 171

Henri Delavallée (1862-1943) Head of an old woman. 1892. Soft varnish on zinc. 160 x 237. Morane 45. Very fine proof on ivory vellum, signed and numbered in pencil. Light foxing and light traces of oxidation. Full margins. Edition of 50 proofs. Stamp R. T. This print was included in the exhibition Cent ans d'estampes en Bretagne, Le Faouët, 1998 (reproduced in the catalog under no. 189). "Exhibited under number 147 at the fifth Peintres-Graveurs français exhibition, Galerie Durand-Ruel, April 7-28, 1893, this portrait of a Breton peasant woman leaning over her hearth is strikingly realistic. The headdress and face are framed with a stronger line, the last vestige of the cloisonnism dear to Bernard." (M. Grivel, ed., Gauguin et l'École de Pont-Aven, exhibition catalog, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, 1989, p. 58).