PIERRE BONNARD | La petite blanchisseuse (Bouvet 40)

Lithograph printed in colors, 1896, signed in pencil and inscribed 'no. 19', from the edition of 100, from Album des peintres-graveurs, on China paper, printed by Auguste Clot, published by Ambroise Vollard, Paris, framed

The print is in generally good condition, with wide margins. The sheet edge folded back 7 mm at left and previously folded back at right and lower sheet edges for framing, well away from the image (creases broken through). A small loss at upper right. The margins with light- and mat-stain. An inconspicuous printer's crease through the lower image and a few minuscule pinholes, one in the figure's dress. A few tiny fox marks, one darker on the verso not showing through. The full sheet backed with Japan.
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