MAURICE JACQUE FRENCH ARTIST MONTMARTRE PLACE DU TETRE PARIS HAND COLOURED ETCHING SIGNED

A VINTAGE 1950S HAND COLOURED ETCHING (PRINT PRODUCED FROM AN ENGRAVING) OF MONTMARTRE PLACE DU TERTRE IN PARIS AN AREA KNOWN FOR IT SHOPS, RESTAURANTS AND GALLERIES. SIGNED IN PENCIL LOWER RIGHT BY THE ARTIST MAURICE JACQUE.
 
The street scene depicts an outdoor cafe with colorful umbrellas and passersby along the Place du Tertre in Montmartre with the Sacré-Coeur Basilica prominently featured in the center along with the beautiful architectural structures that line this magnificent street. This etching has a wonderful Impressionistic quality with figures and a period VW automobile that enhances its vintage and Post-war trendy appeal.
 
I HAVE VARIOUS ARTISTS MADE HAND COLOURED IMPRESSIONS OF THIS ETCHING. THE UMBRELLAS AND CARS HAVE DIFFERENT COLOURS BUT ALL ELSE REMAIN THE SAME.
 
IN VINTAGE WOODEN FRAME WITH GLASS IN FRONT.

MARKINGS: M JACQUE
 
Maurice Jacque (19/20th century) was active/lived in France postwar. Maurice Jacque is known for Figure, landscape painting. His work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 50 USD to 1,247 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork.
 
SIZE WITH FRAME:  29,5CM WIDE 40CM HIGH
SIZE LITHOGRAPH: 30CM WIDE 26CM HIGH
 
CONDITION: FRAME HAS A FEW SCRAPES. ARTWORK BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL. GLASS IN FRONT. HANGING WIRE AT BACK.
 
ANTIQUE ENGRAVED ETCHING WITH ORIGINAL HAND COLOUR
Engraving is the practice of incising a design onto a hard (usually steel or copper), usually flat surface by cutting grooves into it. The incised line or sunken area holds the ink. Etching is a print produced by printing from a metal plate that has been etched.
A dampened paper will usually be fed against the plate, covered by a blanket, so when pressed by rolling press it is squeezed into the plate's ink-filled grooves when the paper is lifted, revealing the paper and printed image.
In the era before colour printing became common and cheap, antique prints were coloured by hand.
They were generally coloured in factory like conditions usually by women or children on production lines, although the quality is often suprisingly good.
 
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