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283 - Portfolio Works and Graphic Anthologies - Alain Bosquet. *Paroles peintes*. Original engravings by: Max Ernst, Jacques Hérold, Wifredo Lam, Roberto Matta, Dorothéa Tanning. Paris, Galerie Diderot, 1959. Includes two signed, full-page color etchings by each of the five artists. Original cardboard binding with a cover made of Auvergne handmade paper. In an original half-linen folder with a spine label.

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€1,200 - 1,800

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32%

Portfolio Works and Graphic Anthologies - Alain Bosquet. *Paroles peintes*. Original engravings by: Max Ernst, Jacques Hérold, Wifredo Lam, Roberto Matta, Dorothéa Tanning. Paris, Galerie Diderot, 1959. Includes two signed, full-page color etchings by each of the five artists. Original cardboard binding with a cover made of Auvergne handmade paper. In an original half-linen folder with a spine label. Auction start time: approx. 3:38 p.m. (schedule subject to change) One of 56 copies on “Algues vert” by Richard de Bas (total edition of 69). - Imprint signed by the typographer Marcel Zerbib. - All ten etchings printed on thin China paper, mounted onto greenish handmade paper, and numbered and signed on that paper. - The prints by the famous late Surrealists illustrate ten of Bosquet’s poems. - Rare. Not listed in Monod. - Spies/Leppien 74 H 34.5 : 28.5 cm. [68] pages. - Slipcase with light edge discoloration; spine of the cover slightly foxed. English description: Includes 2 signed, full-page color etchings by each of the five artists. Original cardboard binding with a cover made of Auvergne mold-made paper. Presented in an original half-cloth slipcase with a spine label. One of 56 copies on “Algues vert” by Richard de Bas (total print run of 69). - Colophon signed by typographer Marcel Zerbib. - All ten etchings are printed on thin China paper, mounted onto greenish hand-made paper, and numbered and signed on that paper. - The prints by the famous late Surrealists illustrate ten of Bosquet’s poems. - Rare. Book with yellowed edges; the spine of the cover has slight foxing.

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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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