DEUTSCH Ludwig (1855-1935) after - BROUET Auguste (1872-1941) The Nile Boat Etching in color Signed lower left in the margin L. DEUTSCH and lower right A. Brouet (stains, wetness and insolation) Subject size: 51.5 x 68 cm Sheet size: 62 x 78 cm (view) Note: Exhibited in 1910 at the Salon des Artistes Français, Le Marchand du Nil was undoubtedly a success. Mentioned in the report on the Salon d'Art et Décoration,[3] it also appears in the portfolio of engravings distributed to members of the Société Française des Amis des Arts in the form of an etching by Henri Lefort, an interpretive engraver in the "old-fashioned" style, a respected artist. But what interests us here is that this same work was also reproduced in color. On the proofs, next to Deutsch's signature appears that of the engraver: Auguste Brouet. A somewhat anecdotal signature, then, but one that seems to confirm that by 1910, Deutsch's reputation as a reproduction engraver had been firmly established, and that he was becoming the open interpreter of his contemporaries. (http://rep.auguste-brouet.org)