Lot 120
  • 120

After Marc Chagall

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • After Marc Chagall
  • Saint Jean Cap Ferrat (M. Charles Sorlier 4)
  • lithograph in colours on paper
  • image: 691 by 505mm 27 by 19 5/8 in
  • sheet: 835 by 622mm 25 5/8 by 24 3/8 in
Lithograph printed in colours by Charles Sorlier, 1952, signed in pencil, one of a limited number of artist's proofs (the edition was never realised), on wove paper, framed

Condition

With full margins apart from a paper loss in lower left sheet corner, in good condition apart from a short inconspicuous tear in the figure's left forearm (measuring approx. 2.5cm), unobtrusive pale light-staining, mount- and backboard-staining, occasional pale fox marks, a soft handling crease in lower margin, remains of previous hinging along sheet edges verso, framed.
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