Georges de Feure (Georges van Sluijters, known as) (1868-194 - Lot 120

Georges de Feure (Georges van Sluijters, known as) (1868-1943) Surprises! Circa 1894. Lithograph. 202 x 260. A very fine and rare proof on beige wove paper, signed and numbered "4" and annotated at the foot "Surprises! / 35 proofs, including 5 on blue paper". Small tears at the crumbling edges of the foot leaf. Full margins. Provenance: Michel Romand (1929-2013), great-grandson of Edmond Sagot (1857-1917).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. 20 and repr. p. 21: "It was certainly the lesbian community of Montmartre and their masculine clothing that inspired the first works with a Sapphic theme".