Lot 50
  • 50

Marc Chagall

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
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Description

  • Marc Chagall
  • The Bible (Cramer Books 29)
  • etching
  • Overall size: 472 by 355mm; 18 5/8 by 14in
The complete two volume set comprising 105 etchings, 1956, signed in black ink on the justification page, numbered 246 from the total edition of 295, with title and justification page, published by Tériade, Paris, on Montval wove paper, each print loose in original wrappers, contained in original boards and paper-covered slipcase

Condition

The full sheets, in good condition apart from very occasional paper discoloration along edges, the first pages in the second volume with vertical crease along left edge of sheets, boards of second volume split along upper edge (circa 2.5cm), occasional skinning along spine, occasional scuff marks, slip case with occasional handling marks, slip case split along upper edge (circa 6cm), unframed.
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