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281 - Georges Braque - Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes. *La nuit la faim*. Paris, Adrien Maeght, 1960. Includes two full-sheet color lithographs. Loose double sheets in original envelope—a calfskin folder with a white embossed cover illustration based on a linocut—and in a leather slipcase.

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€600

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Estimation

€600 - 900

Sale fees

32%

Georges Braque - Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes. *La nuit la faim*. Paris, Adrien Maeght, 1960. Includes two full-sheet color lithographs. Loose double sheets in original envelope—a calfskin folder with a white embossed cover illustration based on a linocut—and in a leather slipcase. Starting bid time: approx. 3:37 p.m. (schedule subject to change) One of 130 copies (total print run 163). - Signed by the artist and author in the colophon. - On Arches handmade paper. - “Braque had created a design for the book cover as a linocut, but it was not selected and was instead printed separately on Japanese paper” (Vallier, p. 223). Vallier 154. - Mourlot 84–85 28.0 × 19.5 cm. [32] pages. - Edges of the slipcase slightly rubbed. Spine and joints of the slipcase brittle. English description: With 2 full-page color lithographs. Loose double sheets in their original wrapper. In original calfskin chemise with a white embossed cover illustration based on a linocut, in a leather slipcase. One of 130 copies (total print run of 163). - Signed by the artist and author in the colophon. - On Arches hand-made paper. - “Braque had created a design for the book cover as a linocut, but it was not selected and was instead printed separately on Japanese paper” (“Braque had created a design for the book cover as a linocut, but it was not selected and was instead printed separately on Japanese paper”) (Vallier, p. 223). Edges slightly rubbed. Spine and joints of the chemise brittle.

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Auction details

Auction 34: Art & Books - Special Catalog: 20th-Century Artist's Books / Renker Collection, Part 2
Saturday, November 21
12:00 PM
86 A Osterbekstraße
22083 Hamburg, Germany

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Christian Hesse Auktionen +49 4 06 94 54 247 mail@hesse-auktionen.de
On Drouot for 4 years avec More than 1,000 lots published

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