Lot 50
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NIKI DE SAINT PHALLE | The Clown Snake Lady (Two works)

Estimate
800 - 1,200 EUR
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Description

  • The Clown Snake Lady (Two works)
  • two etching and aquatints printed in colours with hand-colouring, 1998-99, each signed in pencil, numbered 11/40 and 16/40 respectively, on wove paper
  • each plate: 172 by 148mm 6 3/4 by 5 7/8 in
  • each sheet: 356 by 304mm 14 by 12in
Pointe sèche réhaussée. Contresignées et numérotées 11/40 et 16/40

Condition

Presumably the full sheets, in good condition. The Clown with a couple of faint fox marks in the margins and across the figure's chest. (Slight undulation in the sheets presumably associated with hinging)
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