Drypoint and aquatint printed in colors, from three plates, initialed MC at lower left, Mathews and Shapiro’s seventh (final) state, on laid paper, an exceptionally fine, harmonious proof, apart from the edition of 25, with strong burr and deep, yet transparent, colors, on sturdy laid paper with MBM watermark, annotated D in lower-left margin
Catalogue references: Breeskin 145; Mathews & Shapiro 7
Provenance: Ambroise Vollard, Paris (acquired from the artist in the early years of the 20th century as part of her studio collection)
Henri M. Petiet, Paris (acquired from the Vollard estate)
Heirs of Henri M. Petiet, Paris