Sale 2532 - 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings, March 5, 2020

29 c ÉDOUARD MANET L’Enfant Portant un Plateau . Etching and aquatint on cream Japan paper, 1862. 240x158 mm; 9 3 / 8 x6 1 / 4 inches, full margins. Second state (of 3), “light impression” (according to Harris, “Differences in inking can make this state appear divisible into two states,” one light and one dark). Ex-collection Henri M. Petiet (Lugt 5031, lower right verso). A superb impression of this extremely scarce etching. We have found only 4 other impressions at auction in the past 30 years; the last sold at Swann Auction Galleries, November 6, 2003, sale 1983, lot 374. Guérin 15; Harris 28. [1,500/2,500]