L'Eté. Summer. by James J. J. Tissot, 1836-1902

James J. J. Tissot, 1836-1902
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L'Eté. Summer.

Original etching with drypoint in black ink. 1878. Signed and dated in the plate. Extremely rare trial proof before the first edition. Probably printed on the artist's own press. The first issued edition was c.100 impressions, printed by Goulding in London, 1878. There was a second issue of c.150 impressions printed by Delâtre Paris,1882/83.
Ref: Wentworth - Tissot Prints no 43. Tissot's catalogue 39.

Very fine trial proof impression with a delicate wiped tone. On pale cream laid hollande paper with the Blauw watermark. Excellent original condition; not restored; the slightest signs of time toning at the outer sheet edges. Full margins. Sheet: 15 7/8 x 10 1/2ins. Plate: 14 3/4 x 8 1/8ins. (375x206mm)

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A very rare trial proof impression, before some of the final retouching of the plate with drypoint and before the first issued edition.

This is another of Tissot's studies of Kathleen Newton (see no 3 in this catalogue) in the role of a 'season'. It is the most strongly japoniste of Tissot's portrait studies of her. The parasol gives an immediate oriental feel, but it is the manner in which the composition is treated which shows Tissot's japan-influenced modernism; the very close viewpoint to the figure and the cut-off forms emphasise the realist immediacy of the composition in just the same way as is found in portraits by Manet, who was a long-time friend of Tissot's.