CLAUDIA COMTE (Grancy 1983–lives and works in Lausanne) Basic and Combinations. 2013. Portfolio of 18 colour woodcuts (3 series: Basic, Combinations 1 and Combinations 2). 11/18. Each work of the Combinations signed and dated with pencil on the reverse: Claudia Comte 2013, also numbered: 1-6 rep. 1A-6A. Basic series each with the stamp on the reverse: CLAUDIA COMTE. Sheet size 70 × 50 cm on wove paper by Fischer. Published by druckwerk, Basel. Printed by Marcel Göhring. In original boxes. Complete. Provenance: - LISTE Basel, 18 June 2013. - Purchased from the above by the present owner, since then private collection Switzerland. Contains the series Basic (1 - 6), as well as Combinations 1 (1 - 6) and 2 (1A - 6 A).

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