August-Louis Lepere

Wood engraving C. 1889. From Harper's New Monthly Magazine with text on verso. Signature in block lower left. Woodblock measures 4 5/8 x 7 7/8 inches on 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 inch paper.

Etching, image size 6 x 9 inches, c. 1900, ed. of 35, cat. Saunier 398, signed and inscribed "6/35" in pencil, signed and inscribed "Angers" in the plate.

Wood engraving, image size 8 1/8 x 12 1/8 inches, c. 1890, plate signed.

Wood engraving C. 1889. From Harper's New Monthly Magazine with text on verso. Signature in block lower left. Woodblock measures 4 3/4 x 8 inches on 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 inch paper.

This is an original etching by French artist Auguste Lepere.  The title of this work is: "Quartiers de pecheurs", it was created and printed in 1915.  This etching is pencil signed and has the edition number of: 38/50.  The image measures 7 1/4X7 3/4 inches.  Printed on a thin laid type paper.

This is an original color woodblock print by French artist Auguste Lepere (1849-1918)  The title of this work is: Bucolique Moderne, Modern Arcadia.  It was created and printed in 1882.  Printed on a medium weight wove type paper.  This printing is the first state of V.  The image measures 10X15 inches.  Pencil signed and dated in the lower right border.

This is an original etching by French artist Auguste Louis Lepere.  The title is: La Mare de la Prairie, Crèvecoeur, it was created and printed in 1913.  This appears to be an earlier state.  The image measures 6X10 inches.  It has the edition as 27/35.  This etching is hand signed in pencil lower right, printed on a medium weight laid type paper.  THis image appears in the Saunier catalog as image number 404.

This is a scarce etching with drypoint by French artist Auguste Lepere.  The title is Sous Bois, a la Rigonette (Vendee) This image was created and printed in an edition of only 35 prior to the plate being cut down for the later more common edition.  The image measures 7 3/4X10 1/2 inches.  The etching is hand signed in pencil and numbered as 7/35.  Printed on a thin antique laid paper.  This image appears in the Texier catalog as image number 386 ii/iii.

This is a fine original etching by French artist and print maker Louis Auguste Lepere.  The subject is Amiens Cathedral, created and printed in 1907.  The pencil signed impression measures 13 11/16X9 5/8 inches.  Printed on a medium weight laid type sheet.  Very fine condition.  This image appears in the Saunier catalog as image number 344.  Printed in an edition of 150.

This is a hand colored etching by French artist Auguste Louis Lepere.  The title in the plate is Sur La Seine,88.  Hand signed lower right in pencil.  The image measures 9 1/2X12 1/2 inches.  Printed on an "M.B.M." watermarked laid paper.  The upper border is 1/4 inches wide, just enough for proper presentation  A very rich inking and fine use of coloration after the etching was printed.  "It’s 1888 and Paris readies itself for the Exposition Universelle, a spectacular world’s fair staged the following year for the centennial of the French Revolution, which overthrew the monarchy in 1789. The centerpiece would be the Eiffel Tower, under construction on the far side of the River Seine" (Minneapolis Institute of Art)

This is an original pencil signed etching by French artist Auguste Lepere.  The title is: Cite des Chiffonniers, (City of Rag Pickers) created and printed in 1895 in an edition of 30 proofs.  This is numbered as 2 of the 30.  The image measures 8 1/2X10 1/8 inches.  Printed on a medium weight laid type sheet.  Cat. Lotz-Brissonneau 102.  From the collection of Georges Petitdidier.

This is an original pencil signed etching by French artist Auguste Lepere.  The title is: Nivellement de la Place Maubert, (leveling of La Place Maubert) created and printed in 1890 in an edition of 30 of which this one is numbered as 14.  The image measures 6 3/8X6 1/4 inches. Printed on a buff toned laid type sheet.  Cat. LB 14.  Place Maubert is an open air market in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, near Notre Dame.

This is a very rare wood engraving by French artist Louis Lepere.  The subject is: Travaux aux bords d'un fleuve, Works on the RIverbank, created and printed circa 1880.  This image is hand signed in pencil by the artist and measures 11 5/8X8 1/2 inches.  Printed on a medium weight wove type sheet.  A finely detailed image of Soldiers working  on an embankment.  Very nice condition. 

This is an original wood block print by French artist Auguste Louis Lepere.  The title is: Le G. V. C. (Gardes des voies de communications, created and printed in an edition of 35 in 1914.  The image measures 9 1/2X6 1/4 inches, printed on a thin laid type sheet.  Part of his well known series of WWI impressions. 

This is an original pencil signed etching with drypoint by French artist Auguste Louis Lepere.  The title is: La Chaumiere a Rousseau, ( The Thatched Cottage at Rousseau)  Created and printed in 1915 in an edition of 35, this impression is numbered 11/35.  Publishers blind stamp, Ed Sagot Paris.  The image measures 6X8 3/4 inches.  Printed on a lightweight wove type sheet.  A fine impression in the style of the French Barbizon artists.