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CAMILLE PISSARRO
Une rue à Rouen (rue des Arpents)
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Etching and drypoint printed in dark, brownish black on cream laid paper, 1883. 163x113
mm; 6
1
/
2
x4
1
/
2
inches, full margins. First state (of 3), with the tower mostly unshaded.The
unique impression in this state, from a total of approximately only 10 lifetime impressions
in all 3 states combined. Signed, titled and inscribed “no. 1—2e état” in ink, lower margin.
A superb, richly-inked impression of this extremely scarce, early proof. Delteil 68.
[5,000/8,000]
CLAUDE MONET,
Rouen Cathedral,West Façade, Sunlight
, oil on canvas, 1894.
Courtesy National Gallery of Art,Washington, Chester Dale Collection.