Marcel Roux (1878-1922) - Lot 344

Lot n° 344
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Marcel Roux (1878-1922) - Lot 344
Marcel Roux (1878-1922) Danse macabre. 1904-1905. Etching. Each [585x445mm]. Extremely rare complete suite of 15 plates (including frontispiece and table). Fine proofs on "Arches" watermarked laid paper, signed in pencil. Large light dampstains, minor foxing and short tears to leaf edges. The table bears at the foot, in pen and ink, the justification of the print run signed by the artist. Full margins. Edition's cloth portfolio, decorated on the upper cover with an etching and bearing the title "Danse macabre / Estampes de Marcel Roux", numbered "15" (faded, with large moisture rings and holes caused by surface mold). Total edition 50 copies. List of subjects: - 1. Frontispiece. Oxidized proof. Small lack (hole) under the lower plate cut. - 2. Adam and Eve - 3. Piece for 4 hands - 4. La Fête - 5. Cabaret - 6. Metamorphosis - 7. The Miser - 8. The Orgy - 9. The Suicide Demon - 10. The Unhappy Worker - 11. The Child - 12. The Genius - 13. The Religious - 14. The Christ. Proof on strong Japan paper. Traces of surface mold on the left, slightly affecting the subject. - 15. Table. Long oblique tear at right edge, penetrating into the subject. Short tear at foot of leaf.
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