Chez la Pâtissier
Engraving, 1924, Laboureur 278 (iii/III), edition 105. 5 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. Signed and titled in the plate. Signed in pencil, lower right. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is fine. The total edition over the three states in 138. The scene is la Pâtisserie Mangin, Rue de Havre, Paris.
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La Maison de Marie
Engraving with roulette work, 1925, Sylvain Laboureur 305 (iii/III), edition 37. 5 1/2 x 3 5/8 in. Initialed and dated in the plate and signed in pencil. This is a fine impression in fine condition. The margins appear to be full. The intended edition was 45 but only 37 impressions were printed. This print shows the second home of Marie Laurencin in Champrosay, near Draveil, 7 Rue Alphonse Daudet.
$850

Sortie de la Grande Messe (Morbihan)
Engraving, 1927-28, Laboureur 360 (iii/III), edition 68. 7 3/4 x 8 1/4 in. Initialed in the plate, lower left. Signed and numbered in pencil below the image. This is a fine impression with probably the full margins, with a deckle edge showing on three sides. The condition is excellent. This charming work was later reprinted in a posthumous unsigned edition of 248 impressions in 1959. There were 17 impressions in the first two states and then,as we have here, an edition of 68. Morbihan is located in Brittany.
$900

Strawberries (Les Fraises)
Engraving, 1924, Laboureur 286 (iii/III), edition 70. 7 7/8 x 6 3/8 in. Initialed in the plate, lower left. Signed and numbered in pencil. Here we have a fine impression with full margins. The condition is very good apart from a small French customs stamp on the verso and two old hinges on the right edge, verso. There's an extremely faint suggestion of light toning within an earlier mat opening. The plate was cancelled in 1926.
$650

Strawberries (Les Fraises)
Engraving, 1924, Laboureur 286 (ii/III), edition 7. 7 7/8 x 6 3/8 in. Signed and numbered in pencil. this is a fine impression of the second state of three. The margins are full and the condition is fine. (Old hinges remain on the right edge, verso.) This impression lacks the artist's monogram and there's less work in the foreground shading.
$450

Strawberries (Les Fraises)
Engraving, 1924, Laboureur 286 (i/III), edition 6. 7 7/8 x 6 3/8 in. Signed and numbered in pencil. This is a fine impression of the first state of three. The margins are full and the condition is fine. (There are old hinges on the right edge, verso.) This rare impression bears the blindstamp PETIET EDITEUR PARIS in the lower left margin. The watermark is ARCHES, PARIS.
$400

The Inn by the Water (L'Auberge du bord de l'Eau) (Grande Planche)
Engraving, 1925-26, Laboureur 317 (vi/VI); edition 70. 9 3/8 x 10 1/4 in. Initialed and dated in the plate, lower left. Signed and numbered in pencil. This is a fine, rich impression with full margins. The paper bears a partial watermark "BFK" as in BFK RIVES. The condition is excellent.
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The Walk to the Lighthouse (La Promenade au Phare)
Engraving, 1925, Labourer 302 (iii/III); edition 100. 6 1/8 x 7 in. Initialed in the plate, lower left. Signed and inscribed, epr. d'artiste 15/15." Here we have a fine impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. The paper bears the watermark RIVES and the blindstamp of the publisher, H. Petit, Editeur, Paris (See Lugt 2021a). At the time of publication, the author of the catalogue raisonné was uncertain as to how many artist's proofs were printed. We now know the number is 15 as seen here.
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