The new catalog of the gallery has been published and can be downloaded from the following link:

www.estampesmartinez.fr/images/catalogue_30_web.pdf

The artworks can also be seen at the new Gallery located at 15 rue de l’Echaudé (Paris 6ème), Monday to Saturday from 2pm to 6pm (or by appointment).

Théodore CHASSÉRIAU Sainte-Barbe de Samana, the French West Indies 1819 † 1856 Paris
Venus Anadyomene. Circa 1841-1842.
Original lithograph. Rare proof on cream vellum, from the 1st state out of 2, with its framing border decorated with foliage scrolls. Printed by Auguste Bry in Paris.320 x 265 [473 x 365].
Ref.: Jay M. Fisher,
Théodore Chassériau: Illustrations for Othello, exhibition cat., Baltimore, Maryland, The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1979, n°3, pp. 146-147.
Beautiful margins. 320 x 265 [473 x 365].
Collector’s engraved stamps from Alfred II Beurdeley (Lugt n°421) and Paul Prouté (Lugt n°2859).
A few pinholes. Very slightly dusty margins.
12 000 €

 

Francisco de GOYA Y LUCIENTES  Fuente de Todos 1746 † 1828 Bordeaux
Mala Noche.1797-1798. Plate of the “Los Caprichos” series . 1797-1798.
Original etching and burnished aquatint. Plate n°36 of the Los Caprichos series. Proof on vellum paper, from the 1st edition of 1799, the edges of copper plate filled with ink.
This is likely a very early printed version : « In some of the trial proofs and earliest first edition impressions some very deeply etched lines fail to hold ink and print as light patches » (Harris). Réf. : Delteil n°73 ; Harris n°71. Large margins. 215 x 151 [291 x 196]. Very good condition.
9 000 €