Sale 7612
London
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1 October 2008
Price realised
GBP 8,750
Estimate
After Marc Chagall by Charles Sorlier (1921-1990) Les Coquelicots (Charles Sorlier 2) lithograph in colours, 1949, on Arches, signed in pencil, numbered 101/400 (there were also a few artist's proofs), published by Maeght, Paris, with margins, a deckle edge below, a vertical crease just inside and parallel to the sheet edges at left and right, pale mount and light-staining, backboard staining and minor defects on the reverse at the upper sheet edge where previously hinged L. 554 x 405 mm., S. 640 x 475 mm.
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