Alphonse Legros (French, 1837-1911)
A collection of etchings, to include Tete d'Homme 1877

Tete d'Homme 1877
signed 'A. Legros' (lower right, margin)
drypoint
(Bliss 166)
Unframed: 44 x 32 cm. (17 1/4 x 12 5/8 in.) (sheet)


Tete de Jeune Fille
titled 'Extase Poetique' (lower centre)
etching
executed in front of an etching class in 1877, 50 proofs-plate destroyed
published in L'Illustration
Nouvelle1875-Cadart and Gazette des beaux Arts-April 1876
Unframed: 27 x 19 cm. (10 5/8 x 7 1/2 in.) (sheet)


Portrait of Miss Nora E Legros
signed 'A. Legros' (upper right)
lithograph printed in sepia
(Bliss 568) unidentified collectors marks (not in Lugt) (lower right)
Unframed: 42 x 26 cm. (16 1/2 x 10 1/4 in.) (sheet)

Le Moine a L'orgue
etching 1870
Unframed:10 x 11 cm. (4 x 4 1/4 in.) (small plate)

La Bapteme
etching 1870
Unframed: 25 x 35 cm. (9 7/8 x 13 3/4 in.) (sheet)

La Creche
etching and drypoint
signed in pencil to the margin (lower right)
Unframed: 38 x 58.5 cm. (15 x 23 in.) (sheet)

Viol Player (Le joueur de viole)
etching and drypoint
Unframed: 20 x 25 cm. (7 7/8 x 9 7/8 in.)

Opfer de Brandes
signed and further inscribed (verso)
etching
Unframed: 24 x 33 cm. (9 1/2 x 13 in.) (sheet)

Le Refectoire
published by Cadart and Chevalier Imprimerie
Delatre Societe des aquafortistes 1863
etching
Unframed: 33 x 53 cm. (13 x 20 7/8 in.) (sheet)

La Lecture de L'Office
drypoint published in 50 impressions
signed and dated 1858 (within the plate)
Unframed: 46 x 33 cm. (18 1/8 x 13 in.) (sheet)

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