Georges de Feure (Georges van Sluijters, known as) (1868-1943) Woman looking at a print. 1895. Lithograph. 207 x 260. Very fine proof printed in bistré black on ivory glazed vellum, before the printed text, extensively enhanced in gouache by the artist, signed in brush and violet ink, then dedicated in pen and ink: "Pour Monsieur Raisin / amicalement / de Feure". On verso, annotation in pen: "Un des 5 ex. avant le texte / coloriés par de Feure / Mai 1895 / Invitation pour le dîner Desboutin". A sprinkling of tiny surface freckles and a tiny, very light stain in the lower margin. Small splash in upper margin. Tiny short handling creases. All margins. Very rare. Provenance: Michel Romand (1929-2013), great-grandson of Edmond Sagot (1857-1917).In its final state, this subject was used to illustrate an invitation to a dinner given by friends to painter Marcellin Desboutin on the occasion of the award of his Légion d'honneur. The dinner took place on Saturday June 8, 1895 at the Restaurant Coquet, 80 boulevard de Clichy. This print is quoted and reproduced in Ian Millman, Georges de Feure, maître du symbolisme et de l'Art Nouveau, Courbevoie, ACR éditions, 1992, p. 108-109.