PRELIMINARY DESIGN OF BOOK-PLATE FOR MISIA

About the Item: Original drypoint etching, ink on paper. In Very Good condition in a Very Good Minus gilt and wood frame. Plate measures w. 2 1/4 in. by h. 2 13/16 in. Frame measures w. 7 in. by h. 8 5/8 in. Chipping and wear to frame, 1 in. of missing gilt covered by gold paint in the lower right corner. The frame has been rebacked and rematted. Agetoning to paper consistent with date. Artist's signature printing in lower right corner. Item number L001. EH consignment. Shelved Rockville.
Informational paper label taped to paper backing, it reads as follows: "Pierre Bonnard Drypoint, c. 1920. Ex Libris for Misya Variant of Catalogue #86 (Completed design?) F. Bouvet, 'Bonnard: The Complete Graphic Work' 'Misya' - Misia Sert, on whom see 'Misia and the Muses, The Memoirs of Misia Sert' translated from the French (Misia 1952) by Moura Budberg with and appreciation of Jean Cocteau. New York: The John Day Company, 1953. British Title: 'Two or Three Muses.' 'Vuillard and Bonnard had, once and for all, made their home with me [at Valvins], and Toulouse Lautrec came regularly from Saturday to Monday' (40). &c. &c. "