Death of the Matador, by Gabor Peterdi, Amer., (1915-1991) New Acquisition on thin cream laid J

on thin cream laid J WHATMAN watermarked paper

stain along top image edge

The margins retain creases and glue stains where previously folded under and adhered to mount

This lithograph shows Richards near photographic precision in rendering complex overlapping forms and extraordinary detail

9-7/16" x 7-1/16"

Death of the Matador, by Gabor Peterdi, Amer., (1915-1991) New Acquisition on thin cream laid JEngraving, 1939, Ed. probably 57 plus AP's, J. 18, not stated, 9 5 16 x 11 11 16, one of a portfolio of 7 engravings on copper titled The Black Bull, published by Jeanne Bucher Editions, Paris, 1939, signed, and numbered 54 57 in pencil, with a partially erased dedication to Norman Gorbaty, his student at Yale, on cream laid paper.