Important International Prints, Portfolios and Art Books (A - Z)
Tuesday, 27 November 2012, 05:30 pm
Lot 219
Max Ernst, 1891-1976 (DE)
Book. Antonin Arnaud. Galapagos, Les îles du bout du monde, 1955
Edition with total 11 etchings, 9 printed in colors on BFK-Rives and two loose etchings on gray Mongolfier paper.
Loose etchings: Each H 220 mm W 162 mm
| CHF | 5'000 / 8'000 |
| EUR | 4'300 / 7'000 |
| USD | 5'400 / 9'000 |
Hammer Price: CHF 5'000
Annotation:
Signed in the colophon. Typographically numbered: IV.
Total edition: 115 + XX copies.
Paris, Louis Broder, 1955.
Sheets loose. In cardboard cover. In printed cardboard slipcase.
Sheets in mint condition. Cardboard wrapper and cardboard slipcase in good. Corners of slipcase minimal scuffed and with minor paper abrasion.
Literature: Spies/Leppien 59 I-XI H.
Printer: Georges Visat, Paris.
Typograph: Imprimerie Union, Paris.
Annotation: The present work is one out of 20 copies with two additional etchings. The subjects are the same as on the cardboard slip case.