Artist: Victor Joseph Roux-Champion (France, 1871 - 1953).
Title: Portrait d'Emile Bernard. Émile Henri Bernard (1868 – 1941), a French Post-Impressionist painter and writer, had artistic friendships with Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Eugène Boch, and at a later time, Paul Cézanne.
Signed and Titled in plate: VJRC; Emile Bernard.
Dimensions: Image/plate 6 3/4" x 4 3/4". Sheet 13 1/8" x 10".
Date: Early XX C.
Materials and Techniques: etching on laid paper.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: Remnants of old hinges. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: French School XIX C.