Sale 2485 - 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings, September 20, 2018

359 c JACQUES VILLON La Cigarette. Color etching and aquatint, 1901. 418x343 mm; 16 1 / 2 x13 1 / 2 inches, full margins. Edition of approximately 46. Signed and inscribed “No. 18” in pencil, lower margin. Published by L’Estampe Nouvelle, Paris. A very good impression with strong colors. Ginestet/Pouillon 59. [2,500/3,500] 360 c JACQUES VILLON Au Café de la Place Blanche . Color etching and aquatint with drypoint, 1905. 245x170 mm; 9 5 / 8 x6 3 / 4 inches, full margins. Artist’s proof printed in colors, aside from the edition of 50. Signed in pencil, lower right. With—Group of 6 progressive proofs, etching and aquatint. Each signed in pencil, lower margin. The first two impressions, the etched outlines ( planche de trait ). The third impression, the aquatint plate, printed in black over the lightly-printed planche de trait . The fourth impression, a combination of the first two plates, printed in brown, with a new aquatint plate printed in dark brown. Inscribed “Essai” in pencil, lower left. The fifth impression, with much of the planche de trait deeply engraved, in combination with the second dark aquatint plate, with an etched signature added. Inscribed “Essai” in pencil, lower left. The sixth impression, all of the previous plates combined, with a bluish aquatint tone plate at the top. Inscribed “essai définitif ” in pencil, lower left. Ginestet/Pouillon 139. [4,000/6,000] 359