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Henri Charles Guérard

An African Woman, after Eva Gonzalès

c. 1888
zinc etching and aquatint

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Guérard often used recycled metal for his printing plates. At lower right, this print features the embossed mark of a zinc manufacturer, which was included on a hammered-out watering can that the artist used for printing.

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