Sale 7958
London
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29 March 2011
Price realised
GBP 18,750
Estimate
Marc Chagall Hyménée, from: Daphnis et Chloé (M. 349; cf. C. books 46) lithograph in colours, 1961, on Arches, signed in pencil, numbered 27/60, from the signed edition with wide margins (there was also an unsigned book edition of 250 and twenty hors commerce copies), published by Tériade, Paris, the full sheet, a deckle edge below, generally in good condition, framed L. 420 x 640 mm., S. 540 x 755 mm.
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