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Victor Brauner

Frappe de l'Echo

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April 23, 04:11 PM GMT

Estimate

3,500 - 4,000 USD

Lot Details

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Victor Brauner

1903 - 1966

Frappe de l'Echo


The complete book, comprising one etching with aquatint, 1940, with text by Robert Rius, the print signed in pencil and numbered 59/70, inscribed in ink by the author on the false title page 'À Wolfgang Paalen', numbered in ink on the justification page, published by Éditions Surréalistes, Paris, in the original linen-covered box with printed pink paper label

sheet: 192 by 141 mm 7 ½ by 5 ½ in

overall: 215 by 160 mm 8 ½ by 6 ¼ in

The ink inscription roughly translates to 'Who went stealing one night all the remaining sculptures on Easter Island', from the author to his friend and artist Wolfgang Paalen.