Etchingc.1860-62
355x238mm [463x302mm]
Ref: Guérin 7 state vi/vii; Harris 15 state vi/viii
A superb, strong impression printed by Delâtre in dark brown ink with surface tone on off-white laid paper. From the first issue in Huit gravures à l'eau forte par Manet announced by Cadart et Chevalier in September 1862, a year before Manet's own publication of the plate and before the addition of the aquatint in the final state. Minor handling defects and a trace of an old fold but really in remarkably fresh unmolested condition. Extremely scarce in this early issue.