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Etching, 1918. Signed in pencil, from the edition of 20 to 25 that accompanied Max Jacob’s ‘Le Phanérogame’ in December 1918. With wide margins (the version issued with the book was on smaller paper). Printed on laid paper by Les Presses Eugène Delâtre, Paris, with the Eugène Delâtre watermark. Published by Max Jacob, Paris. (Bloch 33; Baer 55; Cramer 5). This copy from the distinguished collection of Douglas Cooper, a friend of the artist and art historian (showing his collector’s mark) recto.