Nov 09, 2009 - Sale 2194

Sale 2194 - Lot 84

Price Realized: $ 9,600
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 15,000 - $ 20,000
EDOUARD MANET
Le Fleuve by Charles Cros.

Portfolio with complete text and 8 etchings with drypoint and aquatint en-texte, 1874. 275x236 mm; 11x9 1/4 inches (sheets), full margins, loose as issued.

Edition of 100. Signed by Manet and Cros and numbered "16" in ink, on the justification page. Printed by Delâtre, Paris. Published by Librarie de l'Eau-Forte, Paris. Original printed paper wrappers. Superb impressions of these extremely scarce prints.

We have found only 8 other complete sets at auction in the past 20 years. Guérin 63; Harris 79.