Leaving Home

Leaving Home is a superb etching and drypoint on ivory-colored and laid paper, realized by Edmond Ramus , after Franch Holl , as the inscription on plate and out of the image reports. On the higher margin " Exposition Universelle de 1878 ".

Printed by A. Salmon, this original print represents a crowded waiting room before a departure, perfectly conveying all the feelings, thoughts, postures, lost hopes of a departure after leaving home. With deep dramatic and vibrant blacks, and intense grays, sophisticated draperies and deep shadows, this artwork with its intensity shows a deep humanity and is incredibly modern!

A touching original print for your sophisticated private collection. In good conditions, except for a usual burnished paper and a diffused foxing that does not affect the image or the edges.

Edmond Ramus (1822–1890) was a French etcher well-known for his copies of paintings for art catalogs. Ramus was born in Paris and first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1847. He was awarded a bronze medal in 1881. He is listed as one of the contributors of eaux-fortes in the catalogue of objects for the Palais de San Donato in 1880.