Lot 130
  • 130

MARC CHAGALL

Estimate
25,000 - 45,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Marc Chagall
  • GOGOL. LES AMES MORTES (C.B. 17)
  • Overall size: 400 by 300mm; 15 3/4 by 11 3/4 in
The deluxe two volume portfolio comprising 96 etchings, 1948, with an extra suite of 96 etchings on japon nacré paper, with title-page, text and justification, signed in ink, numbered 17 from the edition of 50, printed by Louis Fort, published by Tériade, Paris, on Arches wove paper, in good condition apart from some occasional pale discoloration and minor fox marks, loose in original wrappers, in boards (lacking slipcase)

Condition

In good condition as catalogued. Scattered fox marks on card wrapper
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