Rodolphe BRESDIN
1822 - 1885
The death comedy
1854
Original pen lithograph
250 × 165 mm, margins 450 × 310 mm
Superb and rare impression on laid China, from the third state (out of 5), before the removal of the address on the right, from the fourth edition (out of 5), realised in 1861, soiling in the lower margin
Provenance : Estate stamp H. M. Petiet (Lugt 5031)
References: Van Gelder 84 iv/vi, Préaud 129 iii/v
Purchase by the Wallraf-Richartz Museum of Cologne, Germany