Lot 70
  • 70

AFTER RENÉ MAGRITTE (1898 - 1967) | Les enfants trouvés

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

Description

  • After René Magritte
  • Les enfants trouvés 
  • sheets approx.: 443 by 598 mm 17 3/8 by 598 1/2 in
  • overall: 466 by 622 by 25 mm 18 3/8 by 24 1/2 by 1 in
The complete portfolio comprising 12 lithographs printed in colors, 1968, each initialed in pencil by the printer, Fernand Mourlot, Paris, number 67 from the edition of 350, on Rives BFK wove paper, published by A.C. Mazo et Cie, Paris, with title page, justification, and text by Louis Scutenaire, contained in the original red cloth-covered portfolio box (12 prints) 

Condition

The prints are in good condition, the full sheets. IV with a 10mm semi-circular tear in the upper left corner of the sheet. XII with a soft vertical crease in the upper right corner. Each sheet slightly lifting at the corners, with traces of stray ink in the margins, a few faint traces of surface soiling, recto and verso, and the occasional tiny dent along the top edge. Most of the versos with remnants of prior hinging at the top corners and a few with small spots of rubbing along the bottom edge. The portfolio box in good condition with some signs of slight wear and fabric splitting at the corners.
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