1901
First plate from the suite of six subjects titled L’Exposition universelle
Original woodcut
122 × 158 mm, margins 235 × 295 mm
Fine impression on beige Japan paper, signed and numbered 19, from an edition numbered to 30 impressions, this edition is then completed during the artist’s lifetime by about thirty unnumbered proofs, slight dusting on the edges, small defect in the paper in the lower margin
Dry stamp of the publisher Edmond Sagot hardly visible under the numbering (Lugt 2254)
Provenance : H. M. Petiet (Lugt 5031)
Reference : Vallotton and Goerg 203 a/e