Female Nude Seated, Hands In Hair, by Henri Boutet, Fr., (1851-1919) Monotype the Illinois Art Project

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strongly patterned street scenes of adobe buildings with people in native dress

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Female Nude Seated, Hands In Hair, by Henri Boutet, Fr., (1851-1919) Monotype the Illinois Art ProjectLithograph, 1897, Ed. unknown, 12 1 16 x 9 3 16, printed in a warm brown ink, and signed in pencil by Boutet. This lithograph appearred on the cover of Boutet's softbound folio "Autour d'Elles", with studies from the female nude published in Paris in 1897, edited by Paul Ollendorff with plate captions, and a preface by Georges Montorgueil. In the folio version there is additional blank space above the model where the folio title is printed in cursive.