Masked Ball (Bal Masqué) - RICHARD RANFT

Medium: etching and aquatint printed in colors

RICHARD RANFT
Swiss, (1862-1931)

Etching and aquatint printed in colors, 1899, edition 30. 11 5/8 x 14 5/8 in. Signed in the plate, upper left corner. Signed and numbered in pencil. This is a fine impression printed on cream ARCHES watermarked paper. The margins appear to be full and untrimmed. This print was probably printed by Eugène Delâtre and published by Sagot. Ranft was born in Switzerland and later moved to Paris where he studied with Courbet and learned about engraving from from Augustin-Alexandre Dumont. He was a full member off the the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. Ranft produced about eighty-five etchings in color which are considered his finest medium. Ex-collection: Eric Carlson, New York.      SOLD

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