Female Nude Seated, Hands In Hair, by Henri Boutet, Fr., (1851-1919) Monotype on smooth cream wove paper

on smooth cream wove paper 12-3/16 x 9-1/16

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Female Nude Seated, Hands In Hair, by Henri Boutet, Fr., (1851-1919) Monotype on smooth cream wove paperLithograph, 1897, Ed. unknown, 12 1 16 x 9 3 16, printed in a warm brown ink, and signed in pencil by Boutet. This lithograph appearred on the cover of Boutet's softbound folio "Autour d'Elles", with studies from the female nude published in Paris in 1897, edited by Paul Ollendorff with plate captions, and a preface by Georges Montorgueil. In the folio version there is additional blank space above the model where the folio title is printed in cursive.