Jeanne Bieruma Oosting - La Grotte - Sold

La Grotte, etching and aquatint 295x199mm on a sheet of vellum paper 415x280mm with part of a watermark 'Johanne'. The etching bears the monogram JO in the plate lower left and is signed in pencil lower right. Bottom left in pencil the title "La grotte". The print is mounted free-hanging on a support sheet under a passe-partout. He  is undated but must have been made in the Paris period around 1937. The etching shows that her study with Stanley Hayter in Atelier 17 has borne fruit. Jeanne fully masters the aquatint technique.  The many nuances of gray give the performance a fairytale atmosphere.  The print is rare and missing from public collections.