%A $i <&*" i' "i t% \ ■"*> r» CATALOGUE *ftk» First New York Solon of Original Etchings in Colors by Engravers of the Modern French School At the GalUry *»/ Painting* of EDWARD BRANDUS 391 Fifth Avenue New York N 5120 Cornell Uttinetaitg ffithtanj Stfjara, SJem Hock Bf^Ji.t),^^. S3 Cornell University Library The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924020698282 Gondolas CATALO G U E of the First New York Salon of Original Etchings in Colors by Engravers of the Modern French School At the Gallery of Paintings of EDWARD BRANDUS 391 Fifth Avenue, New York A4&04-12- To All Lovers of Art in the United States ORIGINAL Etchings printed in Colors are the outcome of a renewed Art Industry, which two centuries ago was flourishing in France and England, but remained lost to the world for the following two hundred years. In November, 1904, the First Annual Salon of Colored Etchings was opened in the Georges Petit Galleries, 8 Rue de Seze, Paris, and was greeted with unbounded enthusiasm. Ever since the demand for these new creations of the Modern French School has increased among art lovers everywhere. Beyond all doubt these Color- Printed Etchings have now regained their old prestige. Not only the Luxembourg Museum in Paris, but the principal Art Galleries of Europe and America, made important purchases at the Paris Salons of 1904, 1905, 1906 and 1907. The surprising and never ending resources of the Etchers soon attracted other artists. Painters of high repute joined their ranks. Art lovers followed with an increasing interest the develop- ment of this delicate and powerful Art, and their collections include to-day a number of plates that have become very scarce, and which they show with legitimate pride. The number of copies published of each subject is limited, and every one of the Etchings is numbered and signed by the Artist himself. After the announced issue has been reached, the plates are destroyed. This limitation in the number of copies published has gone far towards securing the present success. The art lover is always eager to possess a work which he knows is bound to become very rare and often unobtainable in the future. Those of our Color-Printed Etchings which find particular favor with the public, are rapidly exhausted, and among these we could mention a certain number, published during the last two years only, which have increased many times in value. The Color-Printed Etchings are not bought by the Art collector alone, through their highly artistic and decorative qualities they have found their way into the most elegant and refined homes. In opening the First New York Salon of the Modern French School of Etchings in Colors, it is hoped that its success will not be less than the one obtained in Paris, in 1904, and at the Dore Galleries in London, in 1907, and that it will justify to hold in New York an annual Salon of the new Original Works produced by the Artists during the year. What is an Etching in Colors AN Etching in Colors is an Original Work of Art by an Artist who engraves it himself on special plates. As a rule he does also the coloring and printing himself for every copy printed, one by one. No photographic process and no mechanical work comes into operation. The number of copies taken is very limited ; each copy is signed by the Artist and has a refer- ence number; the number of copies taken is registered at, and guaranteed by, the French Printsellers Association (Cercle de la Librairie). As soon as the declared number of copies is reached the plates are destroyed. z >> — O g p s fc « ■o « W "3 o < Pierre Waidmann The Castle of Chillon >• fe < b fe O n O' Visitors to New York are Cordially invited to visit the Gallery of Paintings of Edward Brandus 391 Fifth Avenue Permanent Exhibition of Important Paintings by Great Modern Artists and Ancient Portraits by the Old Masters of the Early French, English, Dutch and Italian Schools American Art Lovers when in Europe are Cordially- Invited to the Galleries of Edward Brandus, 2 b " 'Rjie Caumartin, Paris Cornell University Library N 5220.B82A6 Catalogue of the first New York salon of 3 1924 020 698 282