• Prints and Multiples auction at Christies

    Sale 5610

    Prints and Multiples

    London, South Kensington

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    14 September 2010

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    • Jim Dine (b. 1935)
    Lot 313

    Jim Dine (b. 1935)

    The Colourful Venus, from the Astra Set

    Price realised

    GBP 1,750

    Estimate

    GBP 1,000 - GBP 1,500

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    Jim Dine (b. 1935)
    The Colourful Venus, from the Astra Set
    lithograph in colours, 1985, on wove paper, signed in pencil, dated and numbered 149/400 (there were also 50 artist's proofs), the full sheet, with a deckle edge to top sheet, time staining, mainly at the sheet edges, a short diagonal crease at the lower left corner, a few handling creases to upper and lower margins, soiling to the upper right margin, remains of old tape to all corners verso; together with The Astra Tool, from the Astra Set, signed in pencil, dated and numbered 170/400, the full sheet, with a deckle edge to top sheet, very pale time staining, a few handling creases to the margins, two surface marks to lower left and upper right sheet edges
    L. 600 x 500 mm., S 890 x 635 mm. (2)

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