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Lot 495
  • 495

Cy Twombly

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
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Description

  • Cy Twombly
  • Natural History Part I Mushrooms (B. 42-51)
  • each sheet 760 by 560 mm 29 7/8 by 22 in
The complete portfolio, comprising ten lithographs with collotype printed in colors, with touches of hand-coloring with painting chalk, each signed with initials and numbered 13/98, on Rives Couronne wove paper, published by Propyläen Verlag, Berlin, 1974, the full sheets, printed to the edges, in good condition, contained in the original green paper-covered portfolio (10 prints)

Condition

The prints are in good condition overall. One plate (Bastian 44) has light-stain throughout. The paper box is slightly faded.
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