Color etching and aquatint with drypoint, 1905. 245x170 mm; 9 5/8x6 3/4 inches, full margins. Artist's proof printed in colors, aside from the editon of 50.Signed in pencil, lower right.
With--Group of 7 progressive proofs, etching and aquatint. Each signed in pencil, lower margin.
The first two impressions, the etched outlines (planche de trait).
The third impression, the aquatint plate, printed in black over the lightly-printed planche de trait.
The fourth impression, a combination of the first two plates, printed in brown, with a new aquatint plate printed in dark brown. Inscribed "Essai" in pencil, lower left.
The fifth impression, with much of the planche de trait deeply engraved, in combination with the second dark aquatint plate, with an etched signature added. Inscribed "Essai" in pencil, lower left.
The sixth impression, all of the previous plates combined, with a bluish aquatint tone plate at the top. Inscribed "essai définitif" in pencil, lower left.
The seventh impression, with the woman's hand burnished and redrawn in drypoint, and the aquatint tone plate at the top printed in brown. Ginestet/Pouillon 139.
