Oct 11, 2012 - Sale 2289

Sale 2289 - Lot 108

Price Realized: $ 10,800
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 10,000 - $ 15,000
FRENCH AVANT-GARDE COLLABORATION (DELAUNAY, SONIA.) Tzara, Tristan. Juste Présent. 8 hors texte color etchings by Delaunay, 380 x 280 mm; 15x11 inches (sheets), a separate suite of initialed plates, seven of which are signed in pencil, and one plate hand-colored by delaunay, plus 3 duplicate etchings initialed in the plate (some creasing and toning to their margins). 19 prints in total. Folio, text and plates (the suite in a separate chemise) loose as issued in printed wrappers of Japon Nacré; original illustrated board chemise and slipcase, some uneven toning. [Paris]: (La Rose des Vents), 1961

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number 14 of only 40 copies on japon nacré signed by tzara and delaunay, containing the additional signed suite of etchings and the hand-colored plate. A wonderful collaboration of two leading figures of the 20th century French Avant-Garde. Tristan Tzara, Oeuvres completes, pages 257-273; 638-639.