Bartsch Ill. XXIX-78. Very good impression of the only state (?). Traces de plis dans les angles supérieurs, a rest of papier de montage collé au verso. Small margins. Watermark : ours or lion dans un écu.
Good impression on ocher wove paper, enhanced with watercolor by the artist. Oxidation at the window of an old mounting; marginal crease and tiny stains. Good margins. Edition probably of 12 impressions. Rare.
Clément-Janin nr 111 (II/III). Very good impression on japan paper of 2nd state (of 3), before the reduction of the platemark and the publication in Clément-Janin’s book “La Curieuse vie de Marcellin Desboutin”, 1922. Slight handling creases. Our impression is annotated at foot, among other things and with another hand “4e état 2e fil et […]
Hollstein nr 250 (for the first) and ?. Four good impressions de diverses suites, trimmed at the platemark or at the subject. Fixed by the angles on wove paper; first plate yellowed, with a small stain rousse; some very rare small snags at the edges.
Clark, Matthew and Owens undescribed. Very good impression printed in colors on thin wove ivory paper. Band of an old mounting paper at top and short marginal tear in the upper left corner. Good margins.
Dimension: 135 (subject) 252 (platemark) mm x 96 (subject) 200 (platemark) mm