Lot 55
  • 55

Max Ernst

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Max Ernst
  • Figure (Spies & Leppien 37)
  • Aquatint and etching
  • plate: 235 by 178 mm 9 1/4 by 7 in
  • sheet: 323 by 250 mm 12 3/4 by 9 7/8 in
Aquatint and etching, 1950, signed in pencil, numbered 8/30, on Rives BFK paper, printed by Georges Visat, Paris, published by Marcel Zerbib, Paris

Condition

The print is in good condition, with (full?) margins. Occasional areas of uneven discoloration in the margins and surface soiling. Skinning, verso, with an associated loss in the right sheet edge.
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