Edgar Hilaire Germain Degas. 1834-1917.
Autportrait (Self Portrait). Winter, 1857. Etching. Adhémar-Cachin 13.vi. Proof from the cancelled plate. 9 x 5 3/8 (sheet 11 15/16 x 8 7/16). Printed on BFK Rives wove paper. Illustrated: Weschler, Great Prints and Printmakers p. 173; Passeron, French Prints of the Twentieth Century; Hults The Print in the Western World, p. 551. Unsigned. $1,250.
Mary Cassatt au Louvre, Musée des Antiques, devant le Sarcophage Étrusque ( Mary Cassatt at the Louvre: the Etruscan Gallery). 1879-80. Etching, aquatint and electric crayon. Delteil 30; Adhémar-Cachin 53.vii. Proof from the cancelled plate. 10 1/2 x 9 1/4 (sheet 12 5/8 x 9 3/4). Published by Vollard. Illustrated: Zigrosser, Six Centuries of Fine Prints, p. 358. Printed on wove Japon paper. Unsigned. $3,500.