EUGÈNE DELÂTRE
Original handsigned etching on paper.
Size : 6,5 x 8 cm ( without margins )
Date : around 1900
Eugène Delâtre
was a very important engraver and technician. He was the teacher of Renoir, Lautrec, Mary Cassat, Steinlen, Gen Paul, etc.. And he worked with most of the engravers of the end of the XIXth and the beginning of the XXth century. To name one, Picasso made " Le Repas Frugal ", maybe the most important etching of the XXth Century, in his studio.