• Modern & Contemporary Prints auction at Christies

    Sale 7958

    Modern & Contemporary Prints

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    29 March 2011

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    • Marc Chagall
    Lot 10

    Marc Chagall

    Hyménée, from: Daphnis et Chloé (M. 349; cf. C. books 46)

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    GBP 18,750

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    GBP 12,000 - GBP 18,000

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    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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