Sale 3311
London, South Kensington
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7 December 2011
Price realised
GBP 400
Estimate
Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947) Lire dans le Figero (Bouvert 78) lithographic poster, printed in colours, 1903, on thin wove paper, printed by Chaix, Paris, faint time and mount staining, faint handling creases; together with Aristide Maillol Three plates, from L'Art d'aimer d'Ovide (Guerin 307-318) lithographs, two in black and one in sanguine, 1935 each on laid paper, with printed monogramed signatures, each with the Gross Collectors stamp verso, each with remains of tape and resultant staining top corners, water staining and some foxing, each with time staining S. 607 x 410 mm. (4)
Provenance
Aristide Maillol: F.M. Gross (1895-1969)
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