Feuille d'études

Fantin-Latour, Henri, 1836-1904 · [ca. 1836–1904]

A study sheet comprised of four subjects. No. 1 - above to the left , a naked woman sits, facing forward and has a drapery on her right leg. No. 2 - A second naked woman sits and turns as if to look at her leg which she holds with one hand. No. 3 - A third naked woman stands, and her left hand plays with her hair falling on her shoulder and her right hand holds a falling drapery. No. 4 - Two naked women, standing (both a study of the same figure) and the left arm rises above her head and is under a tree, in the pose of Eve. There were 5 trial proofs of this plate and it was divided into three separate sheets, one of which is No. 1 and No. 2, the second is No. 3 and the third is No. 4 . In the trial proofs, there are inscriptions that were erased in the final edition. No.2 includes the inscription on the top right " Euridyce" and on the bottom right, "Buré, 1904". Below this there is the number 132. No. 3 bears, at the top, the number "123". No. 4 includes, on the bottom left "Ève, Freilicht, 18" and on the right "Buré 1904." Edition of 12 prints. Stone erased.