May 08, 2018 - Sale 2477

Sale 2477 - Lot 210

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
JEAN-HONORÉ FRAGONARD
L'Armoire.

Etching, 1778. 395x495 mm; 15 1/2x19 1/2 inches. The second edition, published by Naudet. Trimmed on the plate mark. A very good, well-inked impression with strong contrasts.

According to Carlson, Fragonard's "largest and most complex etching" (Carlson and Ittmann, Regency to Empire, French Printmaking 1715-1814, Minneapolis, 1984, page 227). Wildenstein 23.