Henri Julien Félix, dit le Douanier ROUSSEAU
1844 - 1910
The war
1895
Original pen-drawn lithograph
215 × 330 mm, margins 250 × 380 mm
Very fine and fresh impression on orange paper, published by Rémy de Gourmont and Alfred Jarry in n°2 of the review L’Ymagier, in January of 1895 (an edition of 500 prints), usual central crease. Dry stamp in the bottom right: Libreria / Prandi / Reggio (undescribed in Lugt).
The only print by Rousseau is a simplified version of the homonymous painting, made around 1894 and presently owned by the Musée d’Orsay in Paris.
Reference: Bailly-Herzberg p. 362, Exhibition Rousseau, Paris – New York, 1984-1985, n°10