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CA-254 Le Pont des Arts et la Cité, Paris
Title in Caroline Armington’s etching record book: Le Pont des Arts et la Cité, Paris
Year: 1921
Number: 254
Size:
States: 3
Title on Print: Le Pont des Arts et la Cité, Paris
Initials or Signature and Date in Plate:
Planned Edition: 100
Total Number of Impressions: 106
Numbers in Pencil:
6, 37, 38, 76, 80, 89/100
Signature in Pencil: Caroline Armington
Dedication:
Caroline Armington’s etching record book contains the following notes for this print:
1st state 1 print
2nd 1
3rd 26
No1 to 51
Epreuve d’essai 1/4 to 4/4
Numbered 1 to 51 out of 100
No 52 to 100 printed by the Louvre printer
Numbered 1 to 100 inclusive
Plate purchased by the Chalcographie du Louvre, Feb 25, 1931
Accepted by Mr. Henri Verne, Directeur des Musées Nationaux et de l’École du Louvre through monsieur Angoulvent.
Price in Caroline Armington’s etching record book: none.
Plate: The plate was purchased by the Chalcographie du Louvre in February 1931.
The plate is still in the collection of the Chalcographie du Louvre. It has been steel plated.
The Chalcographie du Louvre is producing prints from this plate which are sold by the Louvre museum.
Collections:
Musée du Louvre Atelier de la Chalcographie
PAMA
Exhibitions:
Publications:
Caroline and Frank Armington - Canadian Painter-Etchers in Paris, by N.Parke-Taylor, Art Gallery of Peel, 1990;
Morland Press (1923)
66 Etchings By Members of the Print Society, HUBBARD, E Hesketh (ed), Published by Print Society, UK, 1923
Comments:
One of the seven (7) Caroline Armington’s plates in the collection of the Chalcographie du Louvre.
(CA-219, 222, 226, 227, 233, 239 and 254)
In 1931, Paul-Jules Angoulvent was the Curator of the Chalcographie du Louvre (the museum’s copper-plate engraving department). While Henri Verne was the overall Director of National Museums, Angoulvent managed the department that specialized in the production and preservation of prints from original copper plates.
This plate (which has been steel plated) is still used today to produce contemporary prints sold through the Louvre's Boutique.
These prints (which are not numbered and not signed) should normally feature the distinctive Chalcographie du Louvre blind stamp (an embossed seal) in the margin, which distinguishes them from the limited editions Caroline prints.
This blind stamp has been mandatory since the 2nd Empire (1852). Nevertheless, we have found some prints without it.
These prints also have the following typed inscriptions printed at the bottom: CAROLINE ARMINGTON – CHALCOGRAPHIE DU LOUVRE – EAU FORTE ORIGINALE.
Steel-facing or steel plating involves a micro-thin layer of iron/steel applied through electroplating. This makes the surface hard enough to withstand hundreds or even thousands of impressions without the copper wearing down.