Mar 06, 2008 - Sale 2138

Sale 2138 - Lot 22

Unsold
Estimate: $ 10,000 - $ 15,000
EDOUARD 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 25. Inscribed "Souvenir d'Ami" in ink, lower right. Published by Cadart, Paris.

A very good, well-inked impression of this scarce print, with strong contrasts. We have found only 7 other impressions at auction in the past 20 years. Guérin 13; Harris 26.