May 01, 2008 - Sale 2144

Sale 2144 - Lot 531

Price Realized: $ 9,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 8,000 - $ 12,000
PORTFOLIO
Paroles Peintes V.

Portfolio with complete text and 8 (of 9) aquatints with etching (7 printed in colors), and 2 separate suites of 7 (of 9) signed aquatints with etching (6 printed in colors) and 8 (of 9) signed aquatints with etching (1 printed in colors) on Japon nacré, 23 prints total, 1975. 380x290 mm; 15x11 1/2 inches (sheets), full margins, loose as issued.

One of 25 deluxe numbered copies on Japon nacré with the 2 additional signed suites, of a total edition of 157. Numbered 6 and signed by the publisher Lazar-Vernet, Paris, in pencil on the justification page. The 2 suites of prints (one in the first state, the other in the final state) each signed and numbered 6/25 in pencil, lower margin. Printed by LeBlanc and Morsang, Paris. Original beige linen portfolio. Lacks the Chillida prints and the Miró color aquatint.

Includes prints by MIRÓ (Dupin 827), BRYEN, UBAC, BONA, MATTA, LAPATRE, TAPIES and LAM (Tonneau-Ryckelynck 7511). Very good impressions with strong colors.