Name: Antique Print-FRENCH-EROTIC-ENGRAVING-ASSURANCE-MUTUELLE-Deveria-c.1900
SKU: IMG_5318
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Antique Print-FRENCH-EROTIC-ENGRAVING-ASSURANCE-MUTUELLE-Deveria-c.1900

€75.00

‘L’ASSURANCE MUTUELLE.’

– Erotic French engraving from around 1900, after Achille Deveria. This intimate and provocative composition, titled L’Assurance Mutuelle, portrays a passionate bedroom scene between a partially undressed man and woman in an opulent setting with a four-poster bed. The scene exudes sensuality, with the woman on top, covering her mouth in playful anticipation. The background features luxurious drapery, a bedside table with a carafe and glass, and a richly patterned carpet, typical of Dev?ria’s attention to lavish interior details. Dev?ria, known for his expertise in romantic and libertine works, captures a moment of mutual desire, characteristic of French erotic art of the 19th century.

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Description

Medium: Engraving and aquatint etching on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 26.8 x 23.2 cm (10.55 x 9.13 inch). Image size: 24.5 x 19 cm. (9.65 x 7.48 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Light age-toning and minor foxing, but well-preserved overall with crisp details. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

ACHILLE DEVERIA, EROTIC PRINT, FRENCH ENGRAVING, 19TH-CENTURY ART, LIBERTINE, ROMANTICISM, SENSUALITY, INTIMATE ILLUSTRATION, BOUDOIR SCENE | FRAMED

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Early 20th-century reproduction based on an original 19th-century design by Deveria.

Biography artist: Achille Deveria (1800-1857) was a 19th-century French artist, famous for his lithographic portraits of writers and artists, as well as his erotically themed engravings and illustrations. His works are considered emblematic of the Romantic era.