Galerie Christian Collin

(1847 - 1898)

Je fis ce qu'on appelle un bon marché...

Etching and drypoint

1878

Fine and rare impression on watermarked laid paper, of the forth state (on 6) signed and annotated Imprimé à 12 ep. in pencil, plate from a set of five subjects for a novel by Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, Le Chevalier Destouches, 1879, of a print run of 12 impressions, good margins. 

Sheet: 253 x 170 mm

Plate: 175 x 114 mm

Reference: Bourcard-Goodfriend 94 (see the supplement)

Condition: tear in the lower margin, otherwise in generally good condition.