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GEORGES BRAQUE: SI JE MOURAIS LA-BAS
GEORGES BRAQUE
Guillaume Apollinaire, Si je mourais là-bas, Paris, Louis Broder, 1962 (V. 181)
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GEORGES BRAQUE
Guillaume Apollinaire, Si je mourais là-bas, Paris, Louis Broder, 1962 (V. 181)
the complete set of eighteen woodcuts printed in colors and in black, some with wood engraving, 1962, on thick hand-made Chiffon watermark LB, signed in pencil on the title page and dated '1e julliet 1963', inscribed 'Pour Louis Broder, avec mes compliments et mon sympathie', signed again on the page de numeration, in and hors-texte, title, text, justification and the hors-texte suite of nineteen on Japon nacré (Vallier calls for only five numbered in Roman numerals with the additional suite), this copy for the printer Pierre Baudier, with full margins, the full sheets, loose (as issued), original hand-colored brown paper wrapper with woodcut printed in black and dark green on the front, the suite loose in vellum wrapper with woodcut printed in purple on front (initialled and numbered VII/X in pen and black ink), two grey and white paper-covered portfolios with title impressed in black on spine, in very good condition. (490 x 387 mm.) sold together with two loose photographs of the artist at work on Si je mourais là-bas.
overall S. 502 x 393 mm.
the set (37)
Guillaume Apollinaire, Si je mourais là-bas, Paris, Louis Broder, 1962 (V. 181)
the complete set of eighteen woodcuts printed in colors and in black, some with wood engraving, 1962, on thick hand-made Chiffon watermark LB, signed in pencil on the title page and dated '1
overall S. 502 x 393 mm.
the set (37)