Lot Essay
Loreau knew of two sets printed on wove paper measuring 270 x 210mm. and of a set of just six of the sixteen printed on Lana measuring 380 x 285mm. He also noted the possible existence of a few other sets.
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JEAN DUBUFFET
Corps de dames (L. VI, p. 108)
the set of sixteen signed and dated photo-lithographs, 1950, on wove paper, all inscribed 'epreuve d'essai', Corps de dames 3 signed, dated and inscribed twice, Corps de dames 14 further inscribed 'epreu', a proof set (there was no edition), with full margins, occasional minor surface soiling, foxing and soft creasing, pale time staining, glued down at the reverse of the bottom margin corners, otherwise all apparently in very good condition, unexamined out of the frames, framed
all S. 15 x 11¼in. (380 x 285mm.)the set (16)
Corps de dames (L. VI, p. 108)
the set of sixteen signed and dated photo-lithographs, 1950, on wove paper, all inscribed 'epreuve d'essai', Corps de dames 3 signed, dated and inscribed twice, Corps de dames 14 further inscribed 'epreu', a proof set (there was no edition), with full margins, occasional minor surface soiling, foxing and soft creasing, pale time staining, glued down at the reverse of the bottom margin corners, otherwise all apparently in very good condition, unexamined out of the frames, framed
all S. 15 x 11¼in. (380 x 285mm.)the set (16)