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CAMILLE PISSARRO
Les Deux Baigneuses
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Etching and drypoint printed in black on thin, cream wove paper, 1895. 180x127 mm; 7x5
inches, full margins.Third state (of 9). One of only 4 lifetime impressions in this state, from
a total of approximately 23 lifetime impressions in all 9 states
combined. Inscribed “3e etat no. 1” in pencil, upper left. A
brilliant, dark and richly-inked proof-like impression with
uneven, inky plate edges. Delteil 116.
[10,000/15,000]
PISSARRO,
Compositional study of two female bathers in a wooded landscape
,pen and dark
ink with gray wash over pencil. Image ©Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford.