Nov 09, 2009 - Sale 2194

Sale 2194 - Lot 69

Unsold
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 8,000
EDOUARD MANET
L'Enfant a l'Épée, tourné à gauche.

Etching and aquatint printed in black on cream laid paper, 1862. 320x238 mm; 12 5/8x9 3/8 inches, wide margins. Third state (of 4). Edition of approximately only 25. Hudelist watermark. Published by Cadart, Paris. A superb, well-inked impression of this very scarce print.

We have found only 9 other impressions at auction in the past 20 years. Guérin 13; Harris 26.