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PIERRE BONNARD (1867-1947)
L’Arc de Triomphe, from Quelques aspects de la vie de Paris
lithograph in colors, on fine wove paper, circa 1898, an unrecorded early proof state before corrections and without the green stone (the edition was 100), published by Ambroise Vollard, Paris, 1899, with full margins
Image: 1258 x 19 in. (320 x 482 mm.)
Sheet: 1578 x 2078 in. (403 x 530 mm.)
Literature
Roger-Marx 67; Bouvet 69
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In this state there is a dog lightly sketched in the foreground, there are additional areas of red, notably in the face of the first rider at left and the horse of the second rider, and the green shading has not yet been added. The principal stone is printed in dark violet, rather than dark brown.

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