"Couche de Soliel" by Alphonse Legros, Fr., (1837-1911) Pastel 20 additional impressions were printed

20 additional impressions were printed by the artist in 1961

Created two years after the first American lithograph

There are tack holes with minor rust stains at margin edges from the original stretching and drying of this proof after printing

and some short repaired edge tears in the large margins

The print measures 3-11/16 x 10-7/8

"Couche de Soliel" by Alphonse Legros, Fr., (1837-1911) Pastel 20 additional impressions were printedDrypoint, 1880's, 3rd. s., B. 254III, Ed. unknown, 3 3 4 x 6 7 8, signed in pencil, on cream laid paper. A modest little landscape, rendered lyrical by virtue of Legros's magnificent draftsmanship which makes us see beauty in the ordinary.