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Lot 272
  • 272

Serge Poliakoff

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • Serge Poliakoff
  • composition bleue et rouge (Riviere XXXI)
  • first 602 by 490 mm 23 3/4 by 19 1/4 in
  • second 490 by 645 mm 19 1/4 by 25 3/8 in
Etching, aquatint and drypoint printed in colors, 1967, signed in pencil, inscribed 'é.a.', apart from the edition of 75, on BFK Rives wove paper, with full margins, in good condition apart from a few short tears at the lower left sheet edge; together with composition verte, bleue, rouge et jaune (R. XXXV), etching and aquatint printed in colors, 1968, signed in pencil and numbered 21/75, on Arches wove paper, with full margins, in good condition apart from soft creasing in the lower right margin, a few fox marks showing on the verso, both framed (2 prints)

Condition

"Composition bleue et rouge" is in good condition apart from three short tears at the left sheet edge (longest 1/2-inch). There is a soft crease at upper right. "Composition verte, bleue, rouge et jaune" is in good condition apart from a few soft creases at the lower right margin corner. There are a few fox marks, showing on the verso.
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