Lot 135
  • 135

Diego Rivera

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Diego Rivera
  • From Ehrenbourg: Histoire de la vie d'une certaine nadia et des signes fatidigues qui lui sont apparus (Cortés-Gutiérrez 202-205)
  • lithography
  • each image: approx. 170 by 90mm 6 5/8 by 3 1/2 in
  • each sheet: approx. 195 by 140mm 7 3/4 by 5 1/2 in
Four lithographs, 1916, from the set of seven, each titled in pencil and inscribed 'lithographie pour un poeme d'Ilya Ehrenbourg, Diego Rivera, Paris, 1916', presumably from the edition of 100, with printed text verso, on sturdy wove paper, framed

Condition

With margins, in good condition, each taped to the mount along upper edge verso, framed. Individual imperfections include: C.G. 202: Minor light-staining and slight foxing, the upper right tip of sheet partially torn, a crease at lower right tip of sheet. C.G. 203: Slight paper discoloration and occasional slight foxing. C.G. 204: Pale light-staining, a small stain at upper right corner, some fox marks verso. C.G. 205: A small stain at upper left tip and a small crease at upper right tip of sheet, slight paper discoloration and foxing, a small adhesive stain in lower right corner.
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