- 85
(Chagall, Marc, illus.)
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Description
- paper, ink
Léopold Sédar Senghor. Lettres d'hivernage. Tours: L'Edition du Seuil, 1973; Tours: Nouvelles éditions africaines/Seuil, 1973
2 copies, 4to (11 x 9 in.; 280 x 225 mm, uncut). 8 full-page illustrations in black-and-white and color by Chagall, pictorial wrappers and glassine; a short tears to glassine on Editions du Seuil issue, glassine yellowed and frayed on Nouvelles éditions africaines issue.
2 copies, 4to (11 x 9 in.; 280 x 225 mm, uncut). 8 full-page illustrations in black-and-white and color by Chagall, pictorial wrappers and glassine; a short tears to glassine on Editions du Seuil issue, glassine yellowed and frayed on Nouvelles éditions africaines issue.
Condition
2 copies, 4to (11 x 9 in.; 280 x 225 mm, uncut). 8 full-page illustrations in black-and-white and color by Chagall, pictorial wrappers and glassine; a short tears to glassine on Editions du Seuil issue, glassine yellowed and frayed on Nouvelles éditions africaines issue.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Both copies inscribed by the poet, President Léopold Sédar Senghor of Senegal. The Nouvelles éditions africaines issue reads: "A Monsiuer et Madame Robert McNamara | des poèmes pour hauter la beauté | de la Femme sur le versant de l'âge" and is dated 11 February 1974. The Edition du Seuil issue is inscribed solely to Robert McNamara and is dated 14 November 1977. Both issues are on vélin Mazarine of which 2,000 copies were printed from a total edition of 2,360.