André Derain
Femme nue (For Pierre Reverdy's 'Etoile Peintes'), 1921
Etching
7 x 5 inches
Number 4 from the edition of 15
From the signed and numbered edition of 15 aside from the publication
From the signed and numbered edition of 15 aside from the publication
Signed and numbered in pencil
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Provenance
Private collection
Note: This image served as the frontispiece to Paul Reverdy's Etoile Peintes, Paris: Editions du Sagittaire.
Rare impression signed and numbered in pencil by Derain in an edition of 15.
Writing to Vanessa Bell in 1919 Roger Fry remarked, ‘Derain is here and will be for some weeks. He’s perfectly charming and not at all “the great man”… He’s tremendously encouraging about my work, which he really seems to like a good deal.’