Description: LE DEPART DU CANOT, Ca. 1925-1930. Original aquatint etching (gravure au noir de fumée) lampblack engraving. Hand signed and numbered 4/30. A perfect impression in this rare technique. Printed on vellum paper, hand signed and justified. From a limited edition of only 30 impressions (4/30). Sheet 28,50 by 38,50 cm. This is not only a magnificent work of art but also a very rare work! Dimensions: 20,00 x 30,00 cm Literature: RAPHAËL DROUART (1884 - 1972) Painter, sculptor, printmaker. Raphaël Drouart took up printmaking after WWI, mastered every technique, and introduced many innovations of his own. Drouart was born in Choisy-le-Roi (Val de Marne), and studied under Fernand Cormon and Maurice Denis. He exhibited at the Salon de Paris from 1919. See: J. R. Thomé, Peintres-Graveurs Contemporains: Catalogue de l'Oeuvre Gravé de Raphaël Drouart, 1937. Circa: 1925-1930 Notes: All measurements are taken on the plate mark. All lot's are listed with several high resolution images, which is the best way to give a clear and objective idea of the general very good condition. Textual condition description is limited, so please examine the images carefully and ask for more info if needed. Condition: A perfect impression on thick vellum paper. In very good condition with a few inventory numbers written in pencil in bottom right corner.