Félix Bracquemond (1883-1914) after Gustave Moreau (1826-1898).
"La tête et la queue du serpent (The Countryman and the Serpent -- the Head and Tail of a Serpent. 1886. Etching. Image: 11 1/2 x 8; plate: 15 x 10. Illustrations for the Fables of Jean de la Fontaine. Printed on the full sheet of simili-Japan. Issued by Boussod, Valadon & Co., the year in which Moreau's watercolors of these subjects were exhibited. Moreau was one of the fathers of the Symbolist movement in France. Signed in pencil. $1,250.
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