Lot Essay
Including: Alcinous' Palace; Polyphemus; Tityus; The Omen. The Goshawk and the Dove; and Ulysses' Bow
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L'Odyssée I and II: five plates (M. 768, 776, 782, 799 and 818; see C. books 96)
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MARC CHAGALL
L'Odyssée I and II: five plates (M. 768, 776, 782, 799 and 818; see C. books 96)
five lithographs in colors, 1974-75, on Arches, in- and hors-texte, each from the unsigned and unnumbered edition of 250 (there were also 20 artist's proofs and a signed and numbered edition of 30 with margins on Japon nacré), the full sheets (three with the text facing pages), each with the colors slightly attenuated, pale light-, mat and time staining (stronger on the text pages), pale scattered foxing, otherwise each in good condition
each S. 16¾ x 25¾ in. (426 x 654 mm.) (and smaller) (5)
L'Odyssée I and II: five plates (M. 768, 776, 782, 799 and 818; see C. books 96)
five lithographs in colors, 1974-75, on Arches, in- and hors-texte, each from the unsigned and unnumbered edition of 250 (there were also 20 artist's proofs and a signed and numbered edition of 30 with margins on Japon nacré), the full sheets (three with the text facing pages), each with the colors slightly attenuated, pale light-, mat and time staining (stronger on the text pages), pale scattered foxing, otherwise each in good condition
each S. 16¾ x 25¾ in. (426 x 654 mm.) (and smaller) (5)