LEPERE Auguste-Louis (Paris 1849 Domme 1918) - "Sunday at the fortifications". 1898. Original wood, printed in six colors. Reference: Lotz-Brissonneau, n°506. Signed in the composition lower right. Proof of the final state (the wood reduced, the woman in the upper right turns her face to the left), on wove paper. Margins. This work is a beautiful combination of traditional illustration and Japanese influence. Moreover, in this composition, we can recognize "Suzanne, the author's daughter, under the features of the girl seen from the front, then aged 13." (Auguste Lepère 1849-1918 by Auguste Vital). 34 x 40 cm. Condition A (Some foxing in the margins and on the reverse).