Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926): La Debacle, Vetheuil, 1881. Very rare, limited edition, collotype lithograph printed in 1922 from "Claude Monet Sa Vie, Son Temps, Son Oeuvre" by Gustave Geffroy de l'Academie Goncourt, Paris, Les Editions G. Cres et cie. This print is accompanied by a document from The Printer's Press. Unsigned, unframed.
A founder of French Impressionist painting, and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein-air landscape painting.
7.5 x 9.25 inches with margins.
Printer's Press; Acquired from above in 2005 by the current owner, a California Gentleman.
Condition
Great condition, the paper is toned.
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