Description
“Notre Dame and the Booksellers”, is a hand-signed and etching created by French artist Henri Le Riche dit Hirne about 1910.
Annotation
Henri Le Riche’s impression of “Notre Dame and the Booksellers” is an original drypoint etching printed on very thin China paper with large margins. It is signed in pencil by Le Riche to the lower right. Notre Dame and the Booksellers is a fine example of everyday life in Paris about 1910.
Condition:
The artwork contains slight matte burning in the outer margins and three small spots of foxing within the upper margin, otherwise a deep, finely printed impression and in good condition throughout. Notre Dame and the Booksellers represents a prime, original example of the art of Henri Le Riche dit Hirne.
About Henri Le Riche
Henri Le Riche was a French painter, engraver, and sculptor, He studied art in Paris under Robert-Fleury. In 1888 he was awarded the Grand Prix de Rome which allowed him to conclude his artistic training in that city. Henri Le Riche began exhibiting his engravings, etchings, and pastels in Paris in 1894 at the Salon des Artistes Francais and elsewhere.
Henri Le Riche also gained a considerable reputation for his work in sculpture, usually signed with his pseudonym, ‘Hirne’. In 1898, Henri Le Riche became a full member of the Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts and, in 1922, was awarded both a Gold Medal and the chevalier de la Legion d’ Honneur from the French government. [Source: Art of the Print]
