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Lot 4319
Léon Danchin (French, 1887-1939), Passing Ducks
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Etching and aquatint in colors, 1932, pencil signed and numbered lower margin, with copyright details upper edge, label to verso, matted and framed.

Frame dimensions 19 1/4 x 22 3/4 in.

Collection of the late James R. Rogers III, Raleigh, North Carolina

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.

Some slight sheet waviness and several spots; not examined out of frame.