Chas Laborde - Hand-coloured etchings

chas laborde rues et Visages de londres hand-coloured etchings goldmark

At ÂŁ575 each, inclusive of framing, vAt

and delivered to your door, these

brilliant hand-coloured etchings, from an edition of 121 copies only, represent remarkable value.

Last time we were lucky enough to have this suite, they proved so popular that they all but sold out in the first weekend.

front cover: 1. Richmond

February 2016

chas laborde (1886-1941) chas Laborde, was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina to French parents. He studied art in Paris at the Académie Julian and the École des Beaux-Arts. He was a precocious draughtsman and by the age of fieen he was already selling his drawings to satirical magazines in Paris. Aer active service in the First World War, during which he was gassed and discharged in 1917, Laborde toured england where he produced strong satirical images of bourgeois life. during the 1920s and ’30s Laborde firmly established himself as one of the leading illustrators of the period, particularly through

his depictions of the strata of society with which he was most familiar, namely snobs and aristocrats. He drew with acute vision and realism but his work was not as cruel as that of his contemporary george grosz working in germany. in fact, in a general way, Laborde’s work seems to have evolved from his early satirical realism towards a gentler mocking and sensual style of art. in his printmaking Laborde made a few lithographs but mainly his preference was for making etchings and engravings using a burin. Amongst his more important commissions were suites of etchings illustrating the streets and faces of several major cities including Paris, London, Berlin, Moscow and new York.

Rues et visAges de LondRes (stReets And FAces oF London) comprises a suite of 21 hand-coloured etchings in a limited edition of just 121 numbered copies printed by Monnard of Paris and issued on 10th June 1928. e etchings oﬀered here are from suite number 114 and are printed on velin de Rives art paper. e image size is 28.5 x 23 cm. We have one copy only of each print.

£575 each