Drypoint in black on laid paper, 1929, signed in pencil, numbered 47/50 (from the first state; the edition was 50 in the final state); L'Ostensoir, etching in black on wove paper, 1945, singed in pencil, unnumbered (from the edition of unknown size); and Haute École, etching in black on Rives, 1951, signed in pencil, unnumbered (from the edition of 10 in the first state; the edition was 40 in the final state), variously inscribed in another hand.
8 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. (plate), 13 3/8 x 17 5/8 in. (sheet), 16 1/2 x 11 in. (plate), 19 5/8 x 12 3/4 in. (sheet), 8 1/2 x 12 7/8 in. (plate), 12 3/4 x 19 1/2 in. (sheet), all unframed.
Literature: Ginestet and Pouillon E 323, E 485 and E 523.
Condition
All with full margins, foxing and surface soiling. Nature Morte Aux Noix with some minor creasing along the right sheet edge and a small splits at the bottom right sheet corner. L'Ostensoir with staining throughout. Otherwise all in good condition.
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