Jean-Pierre Cassigneul - Les Promeneuses

Complete Portfolio of eight colour lithographs, each signed and editioned, On Arches paper, 1973, the title page signed and dedicated in pencil and with a pastel drawing of a woman in a landscape. The work is presented in the original linen-covered portfolio with justification de tirage and text

Edition: EA (Epreuve d' Artiste); There was also an edition of 65 on Arches paper and a further 65 on Japon Nacre paper

Size: Portfolio Overall 26 3/4 x 20 1/2 inches; 679 x 521 mm.

Each Print: 65 x 50 cms (Paper size) ; 50 x 38 cms (Image size)

Reference: Cassigneul’s Graphic Work 1965-1988: Catalogue Raisonne, Roger Passeron; Jean-Francois Josselin Numbers 65/72

Printed by: Mourlot Freres, Paris

Published by: A C Mazo et Cie editor, Paris, France

Provenance: Property from the Collection of Alvin and Arlene Greenbaum

The portfolio consists of the following:

Passeron 65 “Deauville” in 9 colours

Passeron 66 Trois Parapluis No 2 (Three Umbrellas) - 8 colours

Passeron 67 “Sous L’Arbre” (Under the Tree) - 9 colours

Passeron 68 “Le Promenade (The walk) - 8 colours

Passeron 69 “Devant la Mer 1 (Facing the sea) - 8 colours

Passeron 70 “Sur le Pont” (On the deck) - 9 colours

Passeron 71 “Le Renard Gris (The silver fox) - 7 colours

Passeron 72 “Profil en Noir No 2” Profile in black - 7 colours

Condition: Minor printer's ink the margins, pale timestain at sheet edges, the first with some offsetting in the left margin, the second with a hard crease at bottom left sheet corner, the seventh with overall timestain, text pages with some minor creasing at sheet corners, the justification page with some very pale dampstaining at bottom sheet edge, the title page and paper folders with some offsetting and other discoloration, bottom inner porfolio flap with some pastel marks, the right inner flap with two small areas of light abrasion.