Lithograph printed in grayish black on cream laid Japan paper, the full sheet with the lithograph printed on the right side, and the sheet folded to conform with the portfolio, as issued, 1896 (the folds flattened). 670x1087 mm; 26 1/2x43 inches (sheet); 525x405 mm; 20 3/4x16 inches (image), full margins. First state (of 4). The deluxe edition of 100. Signed in pencil and inscribed "Série No. 47" in sepia ink, lower right (the signature faded). Published by Gustave Pellet, Paris, with his initials in sepia ink and his ink stamp (Lugt 1190, lower right recto). A very good, early impression, before the published edition of approximately 1000 in the final state. Delteil 179; Adhémar 200; Adriani 171.
