Lot 40
  • 40

Marc Chagall

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • Marc Chagall
  • Tribute to the Eiffel Tower (M. 416a)
  • Lithograph printed in colours
  • image: 655 by 485mm 25 3/4 by 19 1/8 in
  • sheet: 760 by 538mm 30 by 21 1/8 in
Lithograph printed in colours, 1964, the second (final) state, signed in pencil, inscribed 'Epreuve d'artiste', an artist's proof aside from the edition of 50, on Arches wove paper, framed

Condition

With full margins (a deckle edge at right), the colours attenuated, very pale light-staining, mount-staining in the margins and verso, oxidized finger prints towards the sheet edges verso and less frequently at the upper and lower sheet edge recto, a small piece of brown tape adhered to the left sheet edge recto, hinge remains and minor associated skinning at the sheet edges verso, framed.
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