Ivory Medicine Box
Date
1885
Description
Pharmacie Ivoire (original French title)
Etching on thick laid Japan laid paper, 1885.
Reference: Bourcard & Goodfriend 13 ii/iv (?).
Likely an intermediary second state, with the shading complete, but before annotations were added in three of the four corners, and obviously before the plate was canceled in the final state. From the series “Japonisme”.
Signed in crayon and bearing the artist’s large red owl monogram stamp.
Size
7 1/2 x 5 7/8 inches
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