Henri Victor Wolvens (Brussels 1896 – Bruges 1977).
Botanical Garden in Bruges.
Original etching on paper by the Belgian painter (and printmaker) Henri Victor Wolvens.
Framed and ready to hang.
- Plate size: 18 × 14 cm
- Sheet size: 32.5 × 50.5 cm
- Framed dimensions: 30 × 40 cm
- Frame: oak veneer
- Technique: etching, printed in black ink on paper
- Edition: 12/25
- Signed in the plate and signed in pencil
- Titled “Jardin botanique de Bruges” in pencil on the verso
- Blindstamp in the paper
- Original deckled edges preserved; sheet folded for framing
This print is catalogued as no. 39 in Jo Verbrugghen’s reference work De etsen van H.V. Wolvens (1971). According to the catalogue, Wolvens’ printing plates were destroyed (scratched) after the editions were completed. H.V. Wolvens “engraved” his plates during the years 1940-45, the years of “forced lonelines” (WWII). Yet, he only appears to have printed them 25-30 years later, about a decade before his death.
Condition: Very good. Clean impression with rich printing quality, plate tone.
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