Seated Woman looking into the Mirror (Femme à son miroir)
Aquatint in colors printed à la poupée, circa 1900, edition unknown. 15 5/8 x 11 in. Signed in ink in the upper left corner. This is a fine impression with full margins. (There are a few spots of foxing in the margins and an old paper hinge running the length of the sheet along the right edge.) This is a subtle and enticing work. Robbe's painterly approach to making aquatints makes him well suited to employ such dramatic inking. The print is inscribed on the verso "très rare." This print is not recorded in over two hundred entries in the Merrill Chase catalogues and Bibliothèque Nationale publications. (We thank Andy Fitch for clarifying our earlier description of this exceptional work.) Provenance: Michel Romand (1929-2013), the great grandson of Edmond Sagot (1857-1917).
$2,500

The Sentimental Novel (Le Roman Sentimental)
Aquatint printed in colors, circa 1900-02, Not listed in Merrill Chase; edition probably 100. 19 1/2 x 12 7/8 in. Signed and numbered "73" in pencil. This is a stellar impression of this uncommon print. The paper bears an ARCHES watermark and the margins are full. The condition is fine apart from two old paper hinges along the right edge of the margin, verso. Sagot was the publisher and their blindstamp appears below the pencil signature at the right (Lugt 2254).
$2,800