Original lithograph by Jean-Charles Contel, dated 1920, with an alley in the old town of Rouen, the impasse des Hauts Mariages, between timber-framed houses. At the foot, the name of the place and the signature Jean Ch. Contel 1920.
Original lithograph by Jean-Charles Contel, dated 1920, with an alley in the old town of Rouen, the impasse des Hauts Mariages, between timber-framed houses. At the foot, the name of the place and the signature Jean Ch. Contel 1920.
Jean-Charles Contel (1895-1928), a Norman painter and lithographer of short life, devoted to Rouen an album of lithographs published in 1920 with poems by Auguste Bunoust, to which this print belongs. The signature and the date are drawn on the stone, not written in pencil.
Medium: Original lithograph.
Artist / lithographer: Jean-Charles Contel (Glos-Montfort, Calvados, 1895-1928).
Date: 1920.
Dimensions: Sheet 12.8 x 10.0 in (32.5 x 25.5 cm).
Condition: Good condition. Paper with the warm tone proper to the support, without tears or noticeable stains.