Laboureur (Jean-Émile) Petites Images de la Guerre sur le Front Britannique... précédées d'une Lettre sur les Spectacles de la Guerre de Roger Allard, number 2 of 120 copies signed by the artist, this one of only 4 copies with 3 additional suites of plates in progressive states before letters, 9 drypoint etchings with plate-tone by Jean-Émile Laboureur all impressions on fine laid paper, numbered "2" in pencil by the artist, the additional states also signed and the suites in first & second states (and one of the third) labelled accordingly, main text with cancelled plate marked specimen, with order form annotated with prices in ink by the artist and 2 A.Ls.s. from him to the purchaser loosely inserted, all loose as issued in original printed wrappers, wrappers of main text printed in green and black, all uncut, together in original marbled board portfolio with ties, printed label on upper cover a little spotted and soiled, rubbed, preserved in modern cloth portfolio with printed label, 4to, Paris, A.Vernant, 1917. ⁂ Rare complete portfolio of Laboureur's masterpiece, with all four states of the plates. Jean-Émile Laboureur (1877-1947), born in Nantes, went to Paris to study law but met the wood-engraver August Lepère and turned to print-making. His original influences were Toulouse-Lautrec and classical vase painting but the advent of Cubism helped him to develop his own distinctive style with its sparse lines and elongated figures. In 1914 he became an interpreter to the 12th Division of the British Expeditionary Force in France and spent much of his time sketching, producing these light-hearted but affectionate depictions of the British at war: marching with fife and drum, flirting with the local girls, soldiers in a bar, in camp etc.
Laboureur (Jean-Émile) Petites Images de la Guerre sur le Front Britannique... précédées d'une Lettre sur les Spectacles de la Guerre de Roger Allard, number 2 of 120 copies signed by the artist, this one of only 4 copies with 3 additional suites of plates in progressive states before letters, 9 drypoint etchings with plate-tone by Jean-Émile Laboureur all impressions on fine laid paper, numbered "2" in pencil by the artist, the additional states also signed and the suites in first & second states (and one of the third) labelled accordingly, main text with cancelled plate marked specimen, with order form annotated with prices in ink by the artist and 2 A.Ls.s. from him to the purchaser loosely inserted, all loose as issued in original printed wrappers, wrappers of main text printed in green and black, all uncut, together in original marbled board portfolio with ties, printed label on upper cover a little spotted and soiled, rubbed, preserved in modern cloth portfolio with printed label, 4to, Paris, A.Vernant, 1917. ⁂ Rare complete portfolio of Laboureur's masterpiece, with all four states of the plates. Jean-Émile Laboureur (1877-1947), born in Nantes, went to Paris to study law but met the wood-engraver August Lepère and turned to print-making. His original influences were Toulouse-Lautrec and classical vase painting but the advent of Cubism helped him to develop his own distinctive style with its sparse lines and elongated figures. In 1914 he became an interpreter to the 12th Division of the British Expeditionary Force in France and spent much of his time sketching, producing these light-hearted but affectionate depictions of the British at war: marching with fife and drum, flirting with the local girls, soldiers in a bar, in camp etc.
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