Etchings. Portfolio with title page, on pigskin (vellum). Ader 16/15/09 #68. [ENERGY]. Hensies-Pommerœul Coal Mines. Compositions and engravings by Gustave Pierre. Paris, 1937. Large oblong folio album, in sheets, in a publisher's illustrated cardboard folder with a tan sheepskin spine. Superb album published by the Hensies-Pommerœul Coal Mines Society for their 25th anniversary. The etcher GUSTAVE PIERRE (1875-1939) had been a student of Gustave Moreau at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
15 copies were printed on parchment for the company's directors.
Matted. Typical image size: 17.5in x 20.8in (44.5 x 52.7cm). Overall size 17.5in x 24.4in (44.5 x 62cm). Made in: France, 1937
This artwork is offered as a group. The pieces are not for sale individually.
Art-In-Industry collection number pp300
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