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Lot 72
  • 72

Henri Matisse

Estimate
18,000 - 24,000 USD
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Description

  • Henri Matisse
  • Ulysses (D. 235-240; D. BKS. 5)
  • Etching
  • plates: 300 by 232 mm 11 5/8 by 9 1/8 in
  • sheets: 411 by 317 mm 16 1/4 by 12 1/2 in
The book comprising six etchings, 1935, each signed in pencil, titled and numberd 27/150, published by The Print Club, New Yor, on Arches wove paper, contained in the original laid paper folder and cloth-covered folder (6 prints)

Condition

The prints are in good condition, the full sheets. Discoloration throughout the sheets, particularly in the margins, and time-stain at the extreme sheet edges. There are four adhesive stains, verso. There is also a 9 1/2 inch area of skinning in Symbolic Landscape.
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