May 04, 2006 - Sale 2078

Sale 2078 - Lot 379

Price Realized: $ 92,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 70,000 - $ 100,000
THE DELUXE EDITION GEORGES BRAQUE
L'Ordre des Oiseaux by Saint-John Perse.

Bound volume with complete text, 12 color etchings with aquatint on hand made Moulin Richard le Bas paper, and an additional suite of 12 color pencil-signed and numbered etchings with aquatint, 1962. Each 540x420 mm; 15 1/4x21 1/8 inches, full margins, loose as issued.

One of 30 signed and numbered copies from the deluxe edition with the additional suite of color etchings, of a total edition of 100. Signed by the artist and author in ink and numbered 2 on the justification page. Each print in the additional suite signed and numbered 2/30 in pencil, lower margin. Printed by Crommelynck, Paris. Published by Au Vent d'Arles, Paris.

Original black silk and leather bindings and slipcase. Very good impressions with strong colors. Vallier 182.