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Le Comptoir: four states (M. 35)
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LOUIS MARCOUSSIS (1883-1941)
Le Comptoir: four states (M. 35)
four etchings with aquatint and drypoint (the third in blue), 1920, on wove paper, a very rare grouping of proof impressions of all four states, all signed in pencil, the first state annotated '1er état du Comptoir J. Bucher', the second state annotated '2e état du Comptoir J. Bucher', the third state annotated '3e état 2/3', there were only a couple of proofs pulled in the first three states and a signed edition of 125 in the fourth (final) state for Die Schaffenden, all with margins, surface soiling, pale light and mat staining, moisure staining, the first, third and fourth states with scattered foxmarks, otherwise all in good condition, framed together
all P. 7 3/8 x 5 5/8 in. (188 x 143 mm.)
states 1 and 2: S. 9 7/8 x 6½ in. (251 x 165 mm.)
state 3: S. 12¾ x 9 7/8 in. (323 x 251 mm.)
state 4: S. 16 1/16 x 12 3/16 in. (408 x 309 mm.)
Le Comptoir: four states (M. 35)
four etchings with aquatint and drypoint (the third in blue), 1920, on wove paper, a very rare grouping of proof impressions of all four states, all signed in pencil, the first state annotated '1
all P. 7 3/8 x 5 5/8 in. (188 x 143 mm.)
states 1 and 2: S. 9 7/8 x 6½ in. (251 x 165 mm.)
state 3: S. 12¾ x 9 7/8 in. (323 x 251 mm.)
state 4: S. 16 1/16 x 12 3/16 in. (408 x 309 mm.)
Provenance
Collection of Sir Rex de C. Nan Kivell, Sotheby's, London, October 4, 1977, lot 127.
Anon. sale, Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, June 18-20, 1986, lot 463.
Alice Adam Ltd., Chicago
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1986.
Anon. sale, Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, June 18-20, 1986, lot 463.
Alice Adam Ltd., Chicago
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1986.
Literature
S. Milet, Marcoussis: L'oeuvre Gravé, Copenhagen, 1991, cat. no. 35, p. 82 (1st and 2nd states only).
Exhibited
The Art Institute of Chicago, Graphic Modernism, Selections from the Francey and Dr. Martin L. Gecht Collection, November 2003-January 2004, p. 87, no. 71 (all illustrated in color).
Sale room notice
The lot number for the Sotheby's sale reference in provenance should be 127.