Photogravure of 1899 after the oil by the French painter Adolphe-Félix Cals (1810-1880): an old fisherman in a sou'wester, seated in the corner of the kitchen before his dish and a crust of bread. A book leaf, numbered below and protected by the original fine tissue.
Photogravure of 1899 after the oil by the French painter Adolphe-Félix Cals (1810-1880): an old fisherman in a sou'wester, seated in the corner of the kitchen before his dish and a crust of bread. A book leaf, numbered below and protected by the original fine tissue.
Cals, a painter of the fishermen and countrypeople of Honfleur, took part in the first four Impressionist exhibitions, which makes his work a little-travelled chapter of that group.
Medium: Photogravure
Artist / after: After Adolphe-Félix Cals (1810-1880)
Date: 1899
Source: The Art Portfolio
Dimensions: Sheet 16.5 x 11.4 in (42 x 29 cm)
Condition: Fair. Toned paper with light staining at the edges; the image of good contrast, still with its protective tissue.