Le Géographe
- Catalogue number
-
SO 0072
- Artist
-
Alphonse Legros
- Date
-
1870
- Medium
-
Etching and drypoint
- Dimensions [to plate mark]
-
186 x 126 mm
- Catalogues
-
Bliss 134
Subject
Annotated in pencil on the bottom edge of the sheet: ‘134 ii, Le Géographe’ On the reverse, bottom left, C65644/a5', an earlier version of the number ‘a 6563’ partially erased. The small and extremely neat script ‘134 ii’ is similar to that seen on impressions from the Bliss collection.
History
Marketed by Madeline Fortunoff Fine Prints, Locust Valley, Long Island, New York circa late 20th century. Purchased online at auction in a lot of five etchings by Legros, from Chiswick Auctions, London on 16 September 2025
