Ker-Xavier Roussel (1867–1944) At the Butcher’s. 1893. Lithograph. 210 x 265 [285 x 395 mm]. Salomon 3. Printed in brick red. Very fine print on cream-colored vellum, signed and annotated “avant la lettre” in the lower left corner. On the reverse, a fragment of a test print (yellow stone). The stone’s indentation is clearly visible. Full margins. Extremely rare. AABM stamp (Lugt 3075). Provenance: Antoine Salomon, grandson of Ker-Xavier Roussel, who himself was Vuillard’s heir. “Two or three proofs printed in red on straw-colored paper known as ‘butcher’s paper.’” (Jacques Salomon, Introduction to the Engraved Works of K.-X. Roussel, Paris, Mercure de France, 1968).