Modern Fine Art Lot - February 2017
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Le Ballet; Picasso the complete folio containing one Picasso lithograph in colors printed by Mourlot and 20 hand colored pochoirs in colors by Picasso, Miro, Matisse, Leger, Toulouse-Lautrec and others; the Picasso lithograph is printed single sided on cream colored wove and is signed in the plate; a large and heavy folio with over 350 pages with some damage to the binding and soiling to the text block; some of the pages have soiling to the outer edges including the Picasso lithograph; very rare to find with the Picasso lithograph intact
Dimensions: 10" x 13"
Estimated Value: compare to examples listed for $650, $697, $750, $780
Picasso Suite Vollard
True 1st German Edition: a beautiful example of the first edition published in Germany in 1956 (British and American editions followed) the complete folio containing 100 single sided Picasso lithographs printed on cream colored wove; 1st edition hardcover published in 1956
Dimensions: 9" x 12"
Estimated Value: compare to examples listed for $650, $775, $850, $871
Picasso Facsimile Sketchbook
Picasso Facsimile Sketchbook an exact replica of a small Picasso sketchbook, true to size, page count, blank pages etc; profusely illustrated by Picasso, mainly in colors; bound in red hardcovers; there is no text, date information etc; a wonderful collectors item
Dimensions: 4.75" x 2.75"
Estimated Value: compare to examples listed for several hundred dollars
Picasso 1962 linoleum cut (linocut)
Picasso linoleum cut in colors printed single sided on heavy Velin d'Arches in 1962
Dimensions: 10" x 14'
Estimated Value: compare to examples listed for $500
Pair of Picasso lithographs printed by Mourlot Freres
Pair of 2 Picasso lithographs from Mourlot's original posters folio; printed single sided on wove at the Atelier Mourlot in Paris in 1959; signed and dated in the plate
Dimensions: 8" x 10"
Estimated Value: compare to examples of these lithographs listed for $100 dollars each
Set of 4 incomplete issues of the deluxe art review Verve
Set of 4 incomplete issues of the deluxe art review Verve; the issues included here were published between 1937 and 1940 are all incomplete and lacking the lithographs and covers as well as other inside pages; what remains are hundred of illustrations including many heliogravure engravings in black ink and colors printed by Draeger Freres in Paris; an incomplete set of 4 issues of the most famous art review of the 20th century; lacking the lithographs and covers as well as some other interior pages
Dimensions: 10" x 14"
Estimated Value: several hundreds of dollars based on remaining collectible artwork
Pablo Picasso: engraving with plate marks
Picasso engraving printed single sided on cream colored wove in 1962 with subtle indented plate marks surrounding the image; this 55 year old engraving was printed after the original 1930's Picasso Lysistrata etching
Dimensions: 8" x 10"
Estimated Value: compare to examples listed for $100+
Picasso antique 90 year old limited edition lithograph on Arches
Picasso 90 year old antique lithograph from the very scarce edition of 100 examples on Velin d'Arches; printed single sided; published by Edicions Quatre Chemins in Paris in 1926
Dimensions: 8" x 10"
Estimated Value: compare to examples listed for several hundred dollars each
Andrew Wyeth lithograph from the Four Seasons portfolio
Andrew Wyeth large lithograph in colors from the Four Seasons portfolio; printed single sided on heavy watercolor stock; published in 1963; signed in the plate by Wyeth
Dimensions: 13" x 16"
Estimated Value: $100
Honore Daumier Humours of Married Life
The complete folio bound in hardcovers containing 60 lithographs printed single sided on heavy cream colored wove by Mourlot Freres in Paris; published by Andre Seurat in 1968
Dimensions: 10" x 12"
Estimated Value: compare to examples listed for up to $200
Picasso Antibes lithograph
Picasso mythological drawing in red ink printed single sided on heavy cream colored wove; Picasso created the designs for these drawings in Antibes in 1959 and they were published the following year by the fine art publisher Pantheon
Dimensions: 12" x 10"
Estimated Value: compare to examples listed for $100
Henri Matisse Jazz lithograph
Matisse stunning Jazz lithograph printed in 21 colors on wood-free paperboard in 1983 after the 1947 Matisse Jazz lithographs which were originally published in an edition of 250 copies;
Dimensions: 11.5" x 15.5"
Estimated Value: compare to examples listed for $150
Marc Chagall lithographic poster
Chagall poster printed in color lithography by Tempo Graphics in 1966; printed single sided on white wove; signed in the plate
Dimensions: 10" x 13"
Estimated Value: compare to examples listed for $100
Georges Braque lithograph published by Maeght
Georges Braque lithograph in colors printed single sided on cream colored wove; published in 1961 by Maeght in Paris
Dimensions: 10" x 12"
Estimated Value: compare to examples listed for $75
Georges Braque pair of Verve heliogravures
Pair of 2 Georges Braque heliogravures printed by Draeger Freres in Paris in 1955 for the deluxe art review Verve; printed two sided as issued on cream colored wove
Dimensions: 10" x 14"
Estimated Value: compare to examples listed for $75
Pablo Picasso Dejeuners lithograph
Picasso lithograph printed single sided on heavy wove from the 1963 Dejeuners suite; published by Editions Cercle d'Art, Paris
Dimensions: 10" x 13"
Estimated Value: compare to examples listed for $150
                                      
