Edouard Manet, French, (1832-1883), GUERRE CIVILE (CIVIL WAR) Chromolithograph and all textural details clearly

and all textural details clearly articulated

today we realize this signals a potent early example of James Meikle Guy’s unique synthesis of the Surreal and Social Realist styles which would define his contributions to American Modernism

an artist well known for her white line color woodcuts

richly inked impression of this evocative mid century color woodcut by this well respected South African artist

toned within old mat opening with a few tiny spots of foxing

Edouard Manet, French, (1832-1883), GUERRE CIVILE (CIVIL WAR) Chromolithograph and all textural details clearlyLithograph on chine colle, 1871 73. The second state of two. Printed and Published by Lermercier, Paris, 1874. 15 5 8 x 20 inches, 397 x 508 mm. (image), 19 1 8 x 24 3 4 inches, 486 x 629 mm. (sheet). In very good condition, with some loss to the lettering of the title, light foxing, mostly to the mount, a few repaired tears to the full margins and a faint mat line around the image. During the Franco Prussian War in 1870 71, Paris was defended by the