May 06, 2004 - Sale 2005

Sale 2005 - Lot 509

Price Realized: $ 2,530
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
REGINALD MARSH
Grand Tier at the Met.

Engraving, 1939. 178x254 mm; 7x10 inches, full margins. Third state (of 3). Edition of approximately 15. Signed, dated and titled "The Grand Tier at the Metropolitan Opera" in pencil, lower margin. Mat stain, tape remains verso edges. A brilliant, richly-inked impression with crisp, sharp plate edges.

A scarce print, we have not found another lifetime impression at auction in the past 20 years. Sasowsky 190.