Portrait of a Young Woman, Paul Cezanne, Fr. (1839-1906) Etching

Portrait of a Young Woman, Paul Cezanne, Fr. (1839-1906) EtchingEtching and Roulette, 1873, Ref. C. 4, M. 4, & S. 4, from the Edition of 1000 bound into copies of Cezanne published by Vollard, Paris, in 1914, or later; the plate measures 5 3 16 x 4 3 16, The top arching line of the subject's hair on the left has either been wiped clean of the ink in printing this impression or the top plate edge filed slightly, creating a later state. Nearly all save for a few impressions printed by the artist of this etching are

full of amusing quirky details in the shop window

6-7/16 x 10-3/8

"Fly" is one of his smaller prints

signed and dated 1877 in the plate only by Haden

dated and annotated "mono print" by the artist in blue pen

signed and dated in the stone

tiny losses & creases at corners and age toning and soil to sheet

Ink and Pastel

a few small spots in the top margin away from image

faint tape residue to corners as is common

on thick cream finely textured watercolor paper

A lovely small watercolor by the artist who often favored coastal subjects in his work