Jun 13, 2017 - Sale 2451

Sale 2451 - Lot 93

Price Realized: $ 375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(EISENSCHITZ, WILLY.) Giono, Jean. Entrée du Printemps suivi de Mort du Blé. Printed in red and black on vélin antique à la main. 20 etched illustrations by Eisenschitz (including 10 full-page plates), all hand-colored. Large 4to, contents loose as issued in printed wrappers; lettered vellum-backed chemise and board portfolio. number 46 of 175 copies signed by philippe gonin with his note that this entire copy is hand-colored. Several other copies contained only partially-colored illustrations. Proceeds of the sale benefit the Brooklyn Museum Library Acquisition Funds. Paris: [Philippe Gonin aux dépens des Amis de l'Artiste], 1938