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323 - Joan Miró - Michel Leiris. *Fissures*. Paris, Maeght 1969. With 15 etchings, 13 of which are in color, mostly using aquatint, and three with embossed printing; 13 signed, two on the folder covers. Loose sheets in an original half-linen folder.

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€10,000 - 15,000

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32%

Joan Miró - Michel Leiris. *Fissures*. Paris, Maeght 1969. With 15 etchings, 13 of which are in color, mostly using aquatint, and three with embossed printing; 13 signed, two on the folder covers. Loose sheets in an original half-linen folder. Starting time: approx. 4:05 p.m. (schedule subject to change) One of 60 copies (total edition of 95, including 20 special edition copies with a monotype). - Print colophon signed by the artist and the author. - In addition to the title page and print colophon, 14 sheets feature the text by Michel Leiris, typeset and printed by Fequet et Baudier; the etchings were printed by Arte Adrien Maeght, both in Paris. - Starting with the monochrome etching, Miró combined, overprinted, and altered this motif in twelve stages until it was unrecognizable. - The final etching, on a black ground with white overprint, is signed. Cramer 130. - Dupin 463–477. - Monod 7066 48.5 × 59.0 cm. [32] sheets. - Some with light, others with minimal foxing. English description: Includes 15 etchings, 13 of which are in color, mostly using aquatint, and three with embossed printing; 13 are signed, two on the folder covers. Loose sheets in an original half-cloth portfolio. One of 60 copies (total edition of 95, including 20 special edition copies with a monotype). - Colophon signed by the artist and the author. - In addition to the title and colophon, 14 sheets feature text by Michel Leiris, typeset and printed by Fequet et Baudier; the etchings were printed by Arte Adrien Maeght, both in Paris. - Starting with a monochrome etching, Miró combined, overprinted, and altered this motif in twelve stages until it was unrecognizable. - The final etching, on a black ground, is signed with white overprint. Partially slight, partially minimal 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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