vtg Signed Bonny Color Etching Aquatint French Countryside Certified Guild Stamp For Sale

Artist: Signed \"Bonny\" (French School, Early 20th Century)
Medium: Original Multi-Color Aquatint Etching / Intaglio Print
Guild Seal: Chambre Syndicale de la Gravure (Garantie Originale) Paris
Theme: Fine Art / French Impressionism / Rural European Countryside / Arched Stone Bridge Cottage
Year Manufactured: c. 1915-1935 (Interwar / Belle Époque Era)
Material: Heavy Woven Rag Fine Art Paper
Size: Medium format matrix plate impression (Unframed sheet)
Original/Reproduction: Original Limited Edition Etching
Country/Region of Manufacture: France (Stamped Made in France)Up for sale is a magnificent, museum-quality piece of early 20th-century European fine art printmaking: an original color aquatint etching of a classic French countryside watermill landscape.The artwork portrays an idyllic Old World scene featuring a stone cottage with a textured terracotta roof nestled by a meandering river channel, perfectly highlighted by a traditional arched masonry stone bridge under an atmospheric watercolor-washed sky. Crucially, the lower right margin border preserves the artist\'s original, bold graphite pencil signature reading \"Bonny.\"The sheet features a clear, deeply indented rectangular copperplate strike impression boundary tracing the entire matrix border, confirming its authentic multi-stage intaglio production.PROVENANCE & AUTHENTICITY DETAILS:
This high-end collector\'s lot features exceptional, iron-clad authenticity markings on the reverse backing sheet:
1. An official red ink stamp reading \"MADE IN FRANCE.\"
2. The prestigious official French guild seal stamp reading: \"MEMBRE DE LA CHAMBRE SYNDICALE GRAVURE GARANTIE ORIGINALE,\" legally certifying its authentic hand-pulled printing origin under Parisian art salon protocols.
3. Authentic historical gallery inventory pencil notations tracking its entry into a New England collection, explicitly inscribed \"From Wharton,\" tying this piece directly into the historic lineage of this Connecticut estate.Condition Details:
Excellent antique condition with exceptional visual and archival preservation! The ink tones remain remarkably crisp, warm, and vivid under the semi-gloss finish. The heavy woven rag paper sheet remains perfectly flat, stable, and completely un-trimmed with ample margins surrounding the plate mark. Free of modern adhesive tape repairs, heavy foxing spots, water damage lines, or severe margin mat-burn staining. Displays only the absolute minimum signs of a century of careful folder storage, including mild natural uniform cream age-toning.Shipping Note:
Original fine art prints require absolute museum-grade protection to prevent edge creasing, folding, or surface abrasion. The etching will be placed inside a clear, archival-safe protective display sleeve. It will be shipped 100% FLAT, sandwiched securely between multiple heavy layers of thick, ultra-rigid corrugated industrial cardboard to ensure flawless, safe arrival at your doorstep.