Rodolphe Bresdin

Mon Rêve (Version II) Van Gelder 150; Préaud 17 etching, 1883, a trial proof of State II (according to Van Gelder), the IIIrd state of IV (according to Préaud), signed in pencil, below, before letters and before the first edition (published in L'Art Moderne), with full (wide) margins, on medium-weight Japon paper (from the first print run of 25, according to Préaud), a very fine impression, with full margins, unobtrusive soiling, traces of old mounting tape on the reverse, otherwise in excellent condition P. 138x220mm; S. 374x260mm.

The artist (standing alone in the foreground, lower left, wearing a pilgrim's hat and staff) has condensed his vision into a bustling, vertiginous cityscape.