Sale 8662
London, South Kensington
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9 February 2000
Price realised
GBP 1,150
Estimate
PÉPA BONAFÉ BY JEAN CARLU, 1928 lithograph in colours, printed by Marcel Picard, Paris 22½ x 14½in. (57 x 37cm.) accompanied by the book 'Arts et Métiers Granphiques Paris' (2)
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Literature
Rétrospective Jean Carlu, Musée de l'Affiche, Paris, 1981, Polygraphique Mang, Paris, no.14v
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