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Portrait de Huysmans gravé par Eugène Delâtre

Eaux-fortes,1897158 x 122 mm

Rare intermediate proof on Japon.

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Rare intermediate proof on Japonmade before the artist's signature.

This portrait of J. K. Huysmans, etched by Eugène Delâtre in 1897, was used as the frontispiece for the luxury editions of the first edition of The Cathedral (1898), accompanied by a colour engraving by Pierre Roche, printed on églomisé paper.

1897.158 x 122 mm,

"J. K. Huysmans par Eugène Delâtre", handwritten title in pencil.

Bio

Joris-Karl Huysmans

Charles Marie Georges Huysmans

(Paris: 5 February 1848 - 12 May 1907)

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Bio

Eugène Delâtre

(Paris: 10 December 1864- 24 September 1938)

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