Les Marchandes d’Œufs (first plate)
- Catalogue number
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SO 0073
- Artist
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Alphonse Legros
- Date
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1880
- Medium
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Etching and drypoint
- Catalogues
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Bliss 279
- State
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II/II
Subject
Signed in pencil outside the plate, bottom right. Annotated in pencil at the bottom edge of the sheet, ‘278 ii, marchandes d’œufs, 0071.65 A 18511 L '
Printing
According to Bliss, there were sixteen impressions of Les Marchandes d'Œufs (first plate), with only two of the first state, one retouched for corrections.
History
Purchased online at auction in a lot of five etchings by Legros, from Chiswick Auctions, London on 16 September 2025
