Les Blanchisseuses

Louis Legrand
Les Blanchisseuses
Etching & Aquatint
1901

An original Louis Legrand Etching & Aquatint print.

(The Laundresses)

1901

Original etching and aquatint printed in black ink on Japan paper.

Signed in the plate lower right Louis Legrand.

A fine, richly printed proof impression of Arwas’ second state of three, apart from the regular edition of 130, one of only ten hors commerce impressions. One of twenty plates illustrating the Eugène Romero book, Faune Parisienne, published by Gustave Pellet, Paris, 1901; printed by Philippe Renouard, Paris.

Catalog: Arwas A186 ii/iii; Exteens 163

7 3/8 x 5 1/4 inches

Sheet Size: 11 x 7 1/2 inches