Portfolio

Four complete portfolios, comprising etchings and lithographs by Marc Chagall and various artists, 1969-1975

Lettre à Marc Chagall (C. BKS 76): The complete portfolio, comprising five etchings by Chagall, 1969, printing with plate tone, signed in pencil by the artist and in ink by the author on the verso of the title page, numbered 163, from the total edition of 190, on BFK Rives wove paper



Souvenirs et Portraits d'Artistes: The complete portfolio, comprising 25 lithographs by Apel, Andre Baudin, Georges Braque, Maurice Brianchon, Bernard Buffet, Marc Chagall, Jean Cocteau, Paul Delvaux, Andre Derain, Maurice Esteve, Alberto Giacometti, Paul Guiramand, Paul Jenkins, Charles Lapicque, Alfred Manessier, Andre Masson, Henri Matisse, Andre Minaux, Joan Miro, Pablo Picasso, Graham Sutherland, Kostia Terechkovitch, Victor Vasarely, Jacques Villon and Paul Wunderlich, 17 printed in colours, 1972, numbered 407, from the total edition of 800, on Arches wove paper



Chagall (C. BKS 95): The complete book, 1975, comprising one lithograph by Chagall printed in colours, from the edition of 10,000 unnumbered copies, on wove paper



San Lazzaro et ses Amis (C. BKS 98): The complete portfolio, comprising 15 lithographs by and after Max Bill, Georges Braque, Alexander Calder, Marc Chagall, Max Ernst, Lucio Fontana, Hans Hartung, Alberto Magnelli, René Magritte, Joan Miró, Henry Moore, Pablo Picasso, Serge Poliakoff, Graham Sutherland and Zao Wou-Ki, 12 printed in colours, 1975, numbered 442, from the total edition of 575, on Arches wove paper

Lettre à Marc Chagall: With full margins, in good condition apart from a tiny area of paper loss at the extreme right edge of the title page, occasional minute fox marks. Souvenirs et Portraits d'Artistes: With full margins, in good condition apart from paper discoloration to the folded protective flaps and very pale discoloration to the title page, occasional pale offsetting. Chagall: With full margins, in good condition. San Lazzaro et ses Amis: With full margins, in good condition, occasional offsetting.
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