Eglise d'Osny, Pres Pontoise
Etching, drypoint and aquatint, 1885, Delteil / Cailac 62 (iv/IV), edition 50. 4 3/4 x 6 1/4 in. Not signed in the image. This is a fine impression from the only posthumous edition of 50 printed in 1920. (There were only 12 lifetime impressions.) The margins are full and the condition is excellent. The print bears the posthumous stamp (Lugt 613) and is numbered. Given the rarity of so many of Pissarro's lifetime editions, later printings are a welcome opportunity for collectors who enjoy his work.
$2,200

Repos du Dimanche Dans le Bois (A Peaceful Sunday in the Wood)
Etching with drypoint, 1891, Delteil/Cailac 99 (iii/III), edition of only about 17 lifetime impressions; about ten impressions in this, the third state. 7 x 11 1/2 in. Signed, numbered and titled in pencil. This is a superb, luminous impression of this large and outstanding work by the artist. The paper is a medium weight Japanese with probably the full margins. (There's a deckle edge on three sides.) The condition is fine apart from minor discoloration on the extreme left edge of the margin. The print is inscribed, "2e épreuve d'état, no. 11," and it's titled in pencil by the artist "Repos du dimanche (Z)." According to the revised Delteil catalogue, an intermediate state exists between the second and third states. There was an additional posthumous edition of 18 stamped and numbered impressions. The cancelled zinc plate is in the collection of the New York Public Library.
SOLD

Vue de Rouen (Cours-La-Reine)
Etching, drypoint and aquatint, 1884, Delteil 50, (iii/III). 6 x 7 3/4 in. Signed with the posthumous initial stamp from the edition of fifty printed in 1920.
SOLD

Woman Picking Cabbages (Femme Cueillant des Choses)
Etching and drypoint, 1888, Delteil/Cailac 77 (ii/VII); edition 17. 4 x 2 3/8 in. Signed in pencil and inscribed "2e état - No. 2." The print is titled below by the artist. There's an authentication inscription on the verso, top, by Georges Henri Manzana Pissarro, the artist's son. This is a fine impression of this extremely rare early state before the plate was overworked. The condition is fine apart from slight rippling on the outer edges of the sheet and a very subtle wrinkle in the top left corner margin. There were only 17 lifetime impressions of this print.
$4,200