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    Sale 5513

    Important livres anciens, livres d'artistes et manuscrits

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    28 April 2008

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    • [CHAGALL] -- HOMÈRE. L'Odyssée
    Lot 179

    [CHAGALL] -- HOMÈRE. L'Odyssée. Lithographies originales de Marc Chagall. Paris: Fernand Mourlot, 1974-1975.

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    EUR 54,250

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    EUR 45,000 - EUR 65,000

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    [CHAGALL] -- HOMÈRE. L'Odyssée. Lithographies originales de Marc Chagall. Paris: Fernand Mourlot, 1974-1975.

    2 volumes in-folio (430 x 325 mm). 82 lithographies originales de Marc Chagall, dont 43 en couleurs (6 doubles et 37 à pleine page) et 39 en noir dans le texte. En feuilles, chemise originale de l'éditeur, étui original.

    Tirage limité à 270 exemplaires sur Arches, celui-ci le n° 62, signés par Chagall au crayon au colophon. TRÈS BEL EXEMPLAIRE DE CETTE RARE ÉDITION, BIEN COMPLET DE TOUTES SES PLANCHES. Cramer 96. (2)

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    Post Lot Text

    CHAGALL'S MASTERPIECE ILLUSTRATING HOMER'S ODYSSEY WITH 82 ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS.


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