Lot Essay
Only three supplementary ‘epreuve d’artiste’ proofs were embellished with additional colors in this fashion
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THE GILBERT E. KAPLAN COLLECTION OF SURREALIST PRINTS
YVES TANGUY (1900-1955)
Untitled, from Jean Laude Le Grand passage
Details
YVES TANGUY (1900-1955)
Untitled, from Jean Laude Le Grand passage
etching in colors, on Japon paper, 1953, signed in pencil, annotated 'epreuve d'artiste état definitif 2/3' (an artist's proof, the edition was thirty in Roman numerals plus an edition of ten lettered A-J, printed in black on grayish-blue paper), published by Max Clarac-Sérou, Paris, 1954, with wide margins, foxing in places in the image, a 3/8-in. stain in the lower margin, pale mat staining, framed
Image: 6 ¾ x 5 ¼ in. (172 x 133 mm.)
Sheet: 10 5/8 x 8 ¼ in. (270 x 210 mm.)
Untitled, from Jean Laude Le Grand passage
etching in colors, on Japon paper, 1953, signed in pencil, annotated 'epreuve d'artiste état definitif 2/3' (an artist's proof, the edition was thirty in Roman numerals plus an edition of ten lettered A-J, printed in black on grayish-blue paper), published by Max Clarac-Sérou, Paris, 1954, with wide margins, foxing in places in the image, a 3/8-in. stain in the lower margin, pale mat staining, framed
Image: 6 ¾ x 5 ¼ in. (172 x 133 mm.)
Sheet: 10 5/8 x 8 ¼ in. (270 x 210 mm.)
Literature
Wittrock 19C; Surrealist Prints 124