Lot Essay
The original set of three volumes of Karel appels Circus was contained in a wooden polychrome cart. This is not included in the present lot.
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Circus (Volumes I, II and III)
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Karel Appel (b.1921)
Circus (Volumes I, II and III)
woodengravings printed in colours with embossing, 1978, the complete set of three volumes comprising ten prints each, on Arches, signed in white crayon and numbered II/XX, artist's proofs, aside from the edition of 130 and one, printed to the edges of the sheets, with text by Frederic de Towarnicki, each volume with text, titlepage and the justification numbered II/XX, printed by Arts Litho, Paris and published by ABCD, Paris,1978, all in perfect condition, ten prints framed, all further twenty loose with interleaving tissue in the titled cut-out paperwrappers, each set of ten loose in the original titled linen-covered boxes, with minor defects
each S. 760 x 560 mm. (3)
Circus (Volumes I, II and III)
woodengravings printed in colours with embossing, 1978, the complete set of three volumes comprising ten prints each, on Arches, signed in white crayon and numbered II/XX, artist's proofs, aside from the edition of 130 and one, printed to the edges of the sheets, with text by Frederic de Towarnicki, each volume with text, titlepage and the justification numbered II/XX, printed by Arts Litho, Paris and published by ABCD, Paris,1978, all in perfect condition, ten prints framed, all further twenty loose with interleaving tissue in the titled cut-out paperwrappers, each set of ten loose in the original titled linen-covered boxes, with minor defects
each S. 760 x 560 mm. (3)
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