1899
Fourth plate from the suite of four compositions illustrating Robert de Montesquiou’s collection of sonnets entitled Perles Rouges
Original etching and drypoint engraving
206 × 146 mm, margins 400 × 288 mm
A very fine and rare impression on laid paper, from the second state (of 3) before the monogram, with the vase and its base shaded with deep cuts, the poet’s garment shaded with oblique cross-hatched cuts, the right sleeve and hat surrounded by a black line, in the distance the driveway and château are more accentuated, the foliage extends to the margin, signed, annotated 2nd state
Reference : Godefroy 126 ii/iii