Henri RIVIERE (1864–1951) - Lot 668

Henri RIVIERE (1864–1951) The Wave. 1893. Color lithograph on thin vellum, published in Album IV of *L'Estampe Originale*, bearing the red monogram stamp. Dedicated and signed in pencil in the lower right corner. Sent “to his friend Laumann, in memory of a good friendship.” (E.M. Laumann, whose full name was Charles Ernest Laumann, writer, journalist, and art critic, a friend of Rivière’s). H. 29 x W. 45.5 cm. Sheet: 32 x 47.5 cm. P. Eckert Boyer, Ph. Dennis Cate 69. P. Gamet, pl. 24. Slightly yellowed and faded, margins reduced, traces of glue and paper residue on the edges, mounted on cardboard, small loss in the upper right corner.