A color etching of a man and two horses plowing a field. The sky is a faint blue with several cloud shaped lines over green fields. Pencil numbered 63/100 on the lower left and signed Coussens on the lower right. The plate size measures apprx 6-1/4" x 10-1/4" and overall paper size is apprx 10-1/4" x 16-1/4" . Not framed.
Armand Coussens studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Nimes and was know as a great colour etcher of the early 20th Century. Upon graduation he lived and worked in Paris for the following ten years. There, both his paintings and etchings were frequently exhibited at major salons such as the Societe des Artistes Francais and at lhotel Drouot. Coussens then moved back to his studio in Nimes where he continued to create his beautiful colour etchings of landscapes and figure studies. Today examples of his art are included in prominent public collections in New York, London, Tokyo and Paris. As a leading colour etcher, Coussenss art was often appreciated for his use of combining the thick, velvety lines of drypoint engraving with the delicate lines of soft-ground etching. Such techniques gave his works unique tonal values, as can be seen in this piece.
100/200 Sold $126.50
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