Le Chanteur Espagnol (Le Guitarero)

EDOUARD MANET (1832-1883) Le Chanteur Espagnol (Le Guitarero) etching, roulette and bitten tone, 1861, on laid paper, signed and dedicated A mon ami le chanteur Hernandez/ Ed. Manet in pencil, a fine impression of this rare proof, Harris’s second state (of seven), before the erasing of the first signature and date, the full sheet, laid onto a Japan support, with pale light-staining, the signature and inscription faded, otherwise in good condition, framed Plate 307 x 244 mm., Sheet 346 x 261 mm.