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Messe en Bretagne (Mass in Brittany)

2022.PR.19

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Series I. Messe en Bretagne (Mass in Brittany), [ca. 1900-1910]

Messe en Bretagne (Mass in Brittany), [ca. 1900-1910] (digitized version): [ca. 1900-1910]

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Scope and Content Note

12 prints : etchings, aquatints, drypoints, roulette, 4 colors ; plate marks 31.9 x 42 cm, sheets 44 x 61.5 cm

The working proofs of Dezaunay's etching Messe en Bretagne (Mass in Brittany ) include impressions with notations by the publisher, Edmond Sagot, and by the printer, Eugène Delâtre, as well as proofs from each color plate and proofs from the canceled plates.

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2022.PR.19-1 Proof with notations for the printer

Scope and Content Note

The proof is printed from four plates in four colors. There are numerous instructions in pencil in the margins for the printer, Eugène Delâtre, regarding the color inks.

In the left margin: Les robes sont trop bleues, il faut un violet / Le ton rouge pas venu sur le terrain. In the top margin: Apaiser le bleu / Jaune à salir un peu avec le vermillon / Salir avec le vermillon / Apaiser le bleu. In the right margin: Ton de bleu trop violent / trop jaune colorer avec le rouge / Vermillon plus intense / Trop jaune colorer avec le vermillon.

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2022.PR.19-2 Proof before steel facing

Scope and Content Note

The proof is printed from four plates in four colors. The pencil notations refer to the preservation process ("aciérage") by which the copper plate, which is a soft metal, is covered with a thin layer of hard metal, such as steel.

Annotated: Ep. d'essai avant l'aciérage / X à mettre dans le tirage.

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2022.PR.19-3 Bon à tirer

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"Bon à tirer" signifies that the plate is ready for printing. The proof from four plates in four colors is signed and annotated by the publisher, Edmond Sagot, who indicates that the edition will consist of fifty impressions. There are instructions in pencil in the margins for the printer, Eugène Delâtre, regarding the color inks.

At lower right: Bon à tirer à Cinquante épreuves / Ed. Sagot. In the left margin: Foncer un peu le creux de la porte. In the top margin: Baisser le bleu au bas du vitrail / Baisser le rouge. Numbered: 3.

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2022.PR.19-4 Proof from canceled plate

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The proof is from the canceled plate in black ink. At left of the sheet is a list in brown ink, which is signed by the printer, Eugène Delâtre. The list gives the number of impressions that were printed from the yellow, red, blue, and black plates, and from combinations of two, three, and four plates.

Inscription at left: Il a été tiré de cette planche / 2 épreuves de la planche jaune / 2 épreuves id. rouge / 2 épreuves id. bleue / 2 épreuves id. noire / 2 épreuves des planches jaune et rouge / 2 épreuves en 3 couleurs / 5 épreuves d'état / 50 épreuves 4 couleurs. / Certifié conforme / Eug. Delâtre.

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2022.PR.19-5 Proofs printed from three plates

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The proof is printed from three plates in three colors, yellow, red, and blue, without the black ink.

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2022.PR.19-6 Proof printed from two plates, in two colors, red and yellow

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2022.PR.19-7 Proof printed from yellow plate

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2022.PR.19-8 Proof from canceled plate

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The proof in black ink is printed from the yellow plate, which has been canceled.

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2022.PR.19-9 Proof printed from red plate

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2022.PR.19-10 Proof from canceled plate

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The proof in black ink is printed from the red plate, which has been canceled.

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2022.PR.19-11 Proof printed from blue plate

Scope and Content Note

The proof in black ink is printed from the blue plate, which has been canceled.

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2022.PR.19-12 Proof in black ink

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The proof is from the plate in black ink or the key plate.

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Messe en Bretagne (Mass in Brittany),