Lot 59
  • 59

Sean Scully

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Sean Scully
  • Etchings for Federico García Lorca
  • etching with aquatint
  • sheet, each: 45.7 by 71.1cm., 18 by 28in.; plate, each 17.8 by 22.9cm., 7 by 9in.
  • Executed in 2003, the present work is number 41 from an edition of 50 plus 5 Artist's Proofs and 3 Printer's Proofs
the complete set of ten etchings with aquatint printed in colours, on Somerset wove paper, the pages with title and justification, the justification signed, dated 03 and numbered 41/30 in pencil, plate 10 additionally signed in pencil, each plate with an accompanying poem by F. García Lorca in Spanish and English on the left side of the sheet, with full margins in excellent condition, with the original red cloth-covered portfolio box with the title embossed in blue on the front (portfolio)

Provenance

Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, where purchased by the present owner circa 2006

Condition

With full margins in excellent condition.
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