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CHARLES MERYON
L’Abside de Notre-Dame
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Etching on cream wove paper, 1854. 165x300 mm; 6
1
/
2
x11
3
/
4
inches, full margins. Sixth
state (of 9), with the artist’s name and address lower margin, with the date removed and
before the addition of the title. Ex-collection Max Blach (Lugt 261e, verso). A brilliant,
early impression with warm plate tone and very strong contrasts. Schneiderman 45.
[3,000/5,000]
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CHARLES MERYON
Le Pont-au-Change, Paris
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Etching and drypoint, 1854. 155x335 mm; 6
1
/
8
x13
1
/
4
inches, small margins. Fifth state (of
12), with the artists’s name and the printer’s address.A superb, richly-inked and very early
impression of this extremely scarce etching, with all of the fine details distinct.
Schneiderman 40.
[8,000/12,000]
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