Jun 20, 2019 - Sale 2514

Sale 2514 - Lot 46

Unsold
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
MARIETTE LYDIS (1887-1970)


Lesbiennes.

23 color copper engravings on 25 on full-page sheets, each Signed and dated 1926 in pencil by Lydis. Images measure 6x4 1/4 or 3x3 inches, 15 1/4x11 or 7 1/2x7 1/2 cm, on 12 3/4x9 1/2-inch, 32 1/2x24 cm sheets. Folio, custom binding signed Mativet, of crushed yellow morocco over patterned paper boards; original wrappers bound in. [Paris], 1926.

Additional Details


with a manuscript colophon by lydis stating that this is copy number 20 of only 60 [or 66] examples on arches from a total edition of 77 copies. Dutel, 1844.

Provenance: Jean-Pierre Dutel/Gerard Nordmann Library (with book label); Christie's, Paris, 2006; present owner.