Apr 25, 2012 - Sale 2277

Sale 2277 - Lot 226

Unsold
Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
CHARLES MERYON
Le Stryge.

Etching printed in black on cream laid India paper, 1853. 170x130 mm; 6 3/4x5 1/8 inches, wide margins. Sixth state (of 10), with the artist's name, date and address of the printer, Delâtre, lower margin, but with the title removed and the burnishing marks still showing. Ex-collection unknown collector, red ink stamp with the intials A.P. (Lugt 160, lower right recto). A superb, early impression of this important etching. Schneiderman 27.