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Lot 441
  • 441

Christopher Wilmarth

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • Christopher Wilmarth
  • Seven poems by Stéphane Mallarmé
  • Screenprints
  • each plate: 313 by 210 mm 12 3/8 by 8 1/4 in
  • each sheet: 390 by 570 mm 15 3/8 by 22 1/2 in
The portfolio comprised of seven etchings and seven poems by Stéphane Mallarmé translated by Frederick Morgan, 1981, each print initialed in pencil, dated, the justification signed by both artist and translator, numbered 23/30, on 200 pound Crisbrook h.p., printed by Mohammed Omer Khalil, New York, co-published by the artist and Frederick Morgan, New York, contained in original portfolio box (7 prints)

Condition

The prints are in good condition, the full sheets. The prints are very brittle with pale time-stain at the extreme sheet edges.
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