Sale 7570
London
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2 April 2008
Price realised
GBP 19,700
Estimate
Marc Chagall Le Corsage Violet (M. 691) lithograph in colours, 1973, on Arches, signed in pencil, inscribed Epreuve d'Artiste, aside from the published edition of fifty, the full sheet, a deckle edge at right, very pale mount and light-staining, pressure marks at the upper sheet corners due to old hinging tape verso, otherwise in good condition, framed L. 625 x 44 mm., S. 76 x 565 mm.
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