Lot 84
  • 84

A set of six hand colored butterfly prints, by Eugene Alain Seguy circa 1920

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • height 23 1/2 in.; width 19 3/4 in.
  • 59 cm; 50 cm
In parcel-gilt and enbonized frames.

Condition

In good condition.
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Catalogue Note

In the lot offered here, brilliantly and boldly colored butterflies from around the world are shown in interesting arrangements in pochoir prints from a set of twenty by the French designer and author E. A. Seguy. In his foreword to Papillons, Seguy described the prints as "un monde somptueux de formes et de couleurs" (a world of sumptuous forms and colors).