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Coopers
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Vietato
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Coopers
Junior Member
USA
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 Posted - Dec 11 2020 : 07:37:21
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Hello Vietato,
Thank you very much for identifying the scene! I appreciate your link. With such a common motif, unfortunately I think it might be difficult for me to find the artist, especially with the annoyingly illegible signature with barely any identifiable letters to go by. I will continue the search. Thanks again.
Just to satisfy another curiosity; on my print there seems to be some sort of stepped structure with people on it, and it looks to be in the water or on the bank. I don't see other prints or photos with those structures. Does anyone have an idea what that is?
https://ibb.co/Jd1r1RW
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saintlucthereal
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Posted - Jan 18 2021 : 09:33:11
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saintluc-gold member -1857 posts- Feb.2007- France.
Hello Cooper!
Your etching is by Hans Figura 1898-1978. No problem to find a lot of informations on the net.
The exact place this view is taken from is on the "Quai de Conti", just beside the "Pont des Arts". Now, the stairs going down the banks are starting from the bridge itself but in 1924/1930 it started directly from the sidewalk, a few meters before each side of the bridge. But the bridge we see is the "Pont neuf".
Now, for the structure in the water, this the rest of a lock (écluse in french) that existed here and was destroyed in 1923 and 1924. The name was "Ecluse de la Monnaie" (Beside of the The Hôtel de la Monnaie", an old palace where government minted money. The people are only bathers using this structure.
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European Aquatint - Help identifying artist
