Rodolphe Bresdin (1822-1875) - Lot 79

Rodolphe Bresdin (1822-1875) Trees lying down in the wind. Circa 1845. Etching. 200 x 135 [332 x 245]. Van Gelder 57 (subject incompletely reproduced, missing about 3 cm of the subject on the left). Extremely rare proof of this early work, on applied buff bulla. Scattered foxing and damp spots. Tiny white dots in the subject. Traces of glue around the perimeter of the recto leaf. Fold broken in lower left corner. Full margins. Very rare. This engraving was inspired by 17th-century Dutch engravings, particularly Ruisdael's landscapes. Only one proof is known to exist in public collections, at the Art Institute of Chicago. Another proof appeared in a sale at Kornfeld on June 19, 2014 (no. 218).