Maurice Denis (1870-1943 )Le Reflet dans la fontaine. 1897. Lithography. Each ca. 410 x 250. Cailler 100; Johnson 31. Exceptional combination of 3 proofs of decomposition of the states, on flying china : - proof of the final state in five colours, combination of the stones of olive green, water green, blue, old pink and brown, signed in pencil . All margins. Edition of 100 proofs. A. Vollard éd. four-colour trial proof, combination of the stones of soft green, water green, blue and pink, the faces not yet defined, without the brown stone colouring the dress of the seated woman and her reflection, with the monogram of the artist in blue in the back wall on the left (erased in the final state). Short tear at the foot, summarily consolidated on the reverse. Scattered light freckles. All margins. Verso: trial proof of Raphael Lewisohn's colour lithograph, La Danse en Bretagne, 1897 (Johnson 71). Definitive edition of 100 proofs for the Album of Original Prints of the Galerie Vollard. - trial proof in four colours, combination of olive green, bottle green, blue and pink stones, without the brown stone colouring the dress of the seated woman and her reflection, before erasing the crosses and small inscriptions on the stone, signed in pencil. Some freckles and small marginal red spots. A small tear in the foot. All margins.
Estimate
€1,000 - €1,200
Result
€3,200
Buyer's premium
28%
Maurice Denis (1870-1943
)Le Reflet dans la fontaine. 1897. Lithography. Each ca. 410 x 250. Cailler 100; Johnson 31.
Exceptional combination of 3 proofs of decomposition of the states, on flying china :
- proof of the final state in five colours, combination of the stones of olive green, water green, blue, old pink and brown, signed in pencil
.
All margins. Edition of 100 proofs. A. Vollard éd.
four-colour trial proof, combination of the stones of soft green, water green, blue and pink, the faces not yet defined, without the brown stone colouring the dress of the seated woman and her reflection, with the monogram of the artist in blue in the back wall on the left (erased
in the final state).
Short tear at the foot, summarily consolidated on the reverse. Scattered light freckles. All margins. Verso: trial proof of Raphael Lewisohn's colour lithograph, La Danse en Bretagne, 1897 (Johnson 71). Definitive edition of 100 proofs for the Album of Original Prints of the Galerie Vollard.
- trial proof in four colours, combination of olive green, bottle green, blue and pink stones, without the brown stone colouring the dress of the seated woman and her reflection, before erasing the crosses and small inscriptions on the stone, signed in pencil. Some freckles and small marginal red spots. A small tear in the foot. All margins.
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