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Lot 148
Léon Danchin (French, 1887-1939), Gordon Setter with Duck and English Setter and Duck in a Tree
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Hand-colored etchings, each pencil signed and with printed copyright details, both matted and framed.

Frame dimensions 20 1/2 x 25 1/2 in. (the first), 33 x 25 3/4 in. (the second)

Léon Danchin was a French artist known for his sporting scenes with dogs and birds. He studied at L'Ecole des Beaux Art in Paris and was accepted by the Salon des Artists at the mere age of sixteen. Danchin stayed in France with his family throughout his life and he was an avid hunter. It was from his sporting outings and that he was inspired and completed many of his hunting scenes.

Overall good estate condition; some soft waviness inherent to sheets; not examined out of frames.