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ALBERTO GIACOMETTI Portrait de Michel Leiris I.
Etching on cream wove paper, 1961. 197x138 mm; 7 3/4x5 1/2 inches, full margins. Artist's proof, aside from the edition of 100. Signed and inscribed "Epreuve d'essai" in pencil, lower margin. Published by Jean Hugues, Paris. From Vivantes cendres, innommées by Michel Leiris. A brilliant, richly-inked impression of this extremely scarce portrait, with very strong contrasts, warm plate tone and crisp, inky plate edges. Lust 108.
