Great MAURICE LELOIR 1800s Engraving "Celebrating the Harvest" SIGNED Framed COA

Description: --> Four Centuries of the world's finest artists from our collection to yours --> Thank you for visiting... Please feel free to ask any questions you might have about this work and we will answer promptly.International bidders are always welcome to bid and we combine shipping on all orders. --> Artist: Maurice Leloir (French, 1853-1940)Title: The Last Sheaf (Die Letzte Garbe) Medium: Antique engraving on wove paper after the original by master etcher Adolphe Laulauze (French,1838-1906). Year: 1883 Signature: Signed in the plate. Condition: ExcellentDimensions: Image Size 6 1/8 x 9 7/8 inches. Framed dimensions: Approximately 15 x 19 inches. Framing: This piece has been professionally matted and framed using all new materials. Additional notes: This is not a modern print. This work is more than 120 years old. Extra Information: "The last sheaf", shows a couple, perhaps a landowning couple, at one end of a decorated rowboat, being rowed along a river by rowers in period costume, while another passenger plays on a flute. On the bank in the right background, laborers with scythes over their shoulders return from, or walk to, the fields. The boat is decorated with scythes, rakes, a rooster, garlands and sheaves. Scene probably relates to the feting of the last sheaf of the harvest; the sheaf was often dressed up in clothing and paraded back to the village in a procession. Artist Biography: Maurice Leloir was a French illustrator, watercolorist, draftsman, printmaker, writer and collector. Leloir was the son, and pupil, of painter Auguste Leloir and watercolorist Héloïse Suzanne Colin, daughter of painter Alexandre-Marie Colin. His brother, Alexandre-Louis Leloir was also a well known painter and illustrator. Leloir married Céline Bourdier, with whom he had a daughter, Suzanne Leloir, who married Philippe, the son of Pauline Savari in 1912. Leloir first exhibited his work at the Salon des artistes français, of which he became the secretary. With many other painters, he was a member of the Crozant School in the valleys of Creuse. In 1907, he was the founding president of the Société de l'histoire du costume, and he donated the family's collection of fashion prints to the society. Around the 1890s, Leloir and his students flooded the picture book market, inspired by photographs representing accurately costumes and attitudes of the past, much appreciated by bibliophiles. He was a prolific illustrator of books, especially for children, such as the Richelieu by Théodore Cahu, of magazines and fans. In 1884, Guy de Maupassant dedicated the short story Idylle to Leloir. In 1929, Leloir traveled to Hollywood at the urging of Douglas Fairbanks to work on his last silent film, The Iron Mask. He chronicled his experiences in his memoir Five Months in Hollywood with Douglas Fairbanks. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity and is Fully Guaranteed to be Certified as Described Framing Any framing included in a listing is double matted and framed in a solid wood moulding. We can also frame any pieces not listed as such. Please contact us for pricing. We are usually half the price of a regular framer. Shipping Packages are shipped the next business day after confirmed payment is received. If you are making multiple purchases, please request an invoice so that we may combine shipping charges for you. Guarantee We guarantee all our listings to be 100% as described Returns Returns are accepted up to fourteen days after receiving your purchase. Buyer accepts responsibility for any additional shipping charges. | Click here for HOT DEALS | Click here for our NO RESERVE AUCTIONS |

Price: 274 USD

Location: Cape Coral, Florida

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