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AUGUSTE RODIN Le Printemps.
Drypoint on Japan paper, 1882-88. 142x95 mm; 5⅝x3¾ inches, wide margins. The deluxe edition of 50 on Japan paper. A brilliant, richly-inked and early impression.
Provenance: Roger Marx, Paris (Lugt 2229, lower right recto).
Delteil indicates, in addition to the 50 impressions printed on Japan, there were also 50 printed on Chine volant, and 50 signed impressions on parchment. Les Printemps was published subsequently by Gazette des Beaux-Arts in March 1902 alongside the article "Les Pointes seces de M. Rodin" by Roger Marx. Delteil 4.
