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Lot 68
  • 68

André Masson

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • André Masson
  • Le Génie de l'Éspèce (Saphire 84)
  • Etching
  • 365 by 272 mm 14 3/8 by 10 3/4 in
  • sheet 535 by 380 mm 21 1/16 by 15 in
Drypoint and engraving printed in sanguine, 1942, signed in pencil and numbered 15/30, on wove paper, published by Buchholz Gallery, New York, framed

Condition

The print is in good condition and the margins are wide (the right sheet edge slightly irregular.) The margins with pale light-stain, mottled mat stain, surface soiling, occasional scattered foxing and a small rubbed area at lower right. Additional fox marks and stray ink on the verso, not showing through to the recto. Remains of brown paper hinges at upper sheet edge verso.
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