Reference: Ginestet
and Pouillon 73, one of only a few proofs. Signed and inscribed “état” (state).
A fine impression with plate-tone and finger-prints, margins all round. A printing crease in the lower left margin corner, the marginal smudges typical of a proof, in very good condition. 225 x 175mm.
This pose of a well-dressed woman looking over the back of a chair appealed greatly to Villon during his Belle Epoque period, and he reinterpreted it in various ways, both in black-and-white and in colour.
