Property from the collection of the late Marisa Perret-Rezzonico
Georges Braque - Pierre Reverdy
La liberté des mers
Lot Closed
June 9, 02:27 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 CHF
Lot Details
Description
Georges Braque
1882-1963
Pierre Reverdy
1889-1960
La Liberté des mers
The complete portfolio on Montval paper comprising six lithographs printed in colours with the text by Pierre Reverdy, signed in pencil by the artist and the author on the colophon. This copy numbered 22 from the edition of 50 and 200 copies without the additional suite. Printed by Mourlot Frères, Paris and published by Maeght Editeur, Paris, 1959.
Accompanied by the additional suite of lithographs printed on japon nacré, each signed and numbered 22/50 in pencil by the artist, in its original lithograph cover.
Copy as issued, loose with the original lithographic paper cover, linen-covered sleeve and slip-case.
57x 39 (sheet); 59,5 x 41 x 8 cm (slip-case)
Collection of Marisa Perret-Rezzonico, Geneva
Etienne-Alain Hubert, Bibliographie des écrits de Pierre Reverdy, Edition des Cendres, 2011, no. 325
Francois Chapon, Le Peintre et le livre, l'âge d’or du livre illustré en France, 1870-1970, Edition des Cendres, 1987, p. 291
Dora Vallier, Braque, The Complete Graphics, Alpine fine art, 1988, no. 143
