HENRI RIVIERE (1864-1951) Le Premier Quartier, 1901 Plate #5 (of 16) from the series La Féérie des heures. Lithograph in 12 colors. Proof on matt vellum, with the address of Verneau in Paris, signed and monogrammed in the plate. Edition at 1000 copies. Toudouze pp. 109 and 163. Gamet p. 28. Full margins. 598 x 240 [678 x 308] (One median horizontal broken fold, crossing the subject. Two oblique broken folds in lower half. Traces of rubbing and spotting (notably on the hulls of the boats, and the figure of the fisherman)).

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