Sep 24, 2009 - Sale 2187

Sale 2187 - Lot 52

Unsold
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
ÉDOUARD MANET
L'Enfant a l'Épée, tourné à gauche.

Etching and aquatint on cream laid paper, 1862. 320x238 mm; 12 5/8x9 3/8 inches, wide margins. Third state (of 4). Edition of approximately only 25. Published by Cadart, Paris.

A very good, well-inked impression of this scarce print, with strong contrasts. We have found only 8 other impressions at auction in the past 20 years. Guérin 13; Harris 26.