Alphonse Legros (1837-1911)
Self-portrait (Legros par lui-même), ca. 1894
Etching, drypoint and stipple with surface tone on laid paper
302 x 216 mm. (11 7/8 x 8 1/2 inches)
With the artist’s monogram stamp in the margin AL [Lugt 140a]
Legros 412, Malassis & Thibaudeau 412, Inventaire du Fonds français 138
Provenance
P.V. Sanchez, Paris [Lugt 3289]Monogram stamp affixed by the artist’s son Lucien on unsigned proofs left in his father’s estate or on proofs subsequently pulled, never exceeding the edition size dictated by the artist, after which the plates were destroyed.