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    28 - 29 April 2004

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    Lot 42

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    Grasshopper (B. 271)

    Price realised

    USD 4,541

    Estimate

    USD 3,500 - USD 4,500

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    MAURITS CORNELIS ESCHER
    Grasshopper (B. 271)
    wood engraving, 1935, on laid Japon, signed in pencil, inscribed 'houtsuede: sprinkhaan' in pencil, with margins, occasional soft handling creases and traces of pale soiling at the margin edges, otherwise in very good condition, framed
    B. 7 1/8 x 9½ in. (180 x 241 mm.)
    S. 8 5/16 x 10½ in. (211 x 266 mm.)

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