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Property from a Private New York Collection

Various Artists

VVV Portfolio

Lot Closed

October 24, 04:21 PM GMT

Estimate

80,000 - 120,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private New York Collection

Various Artists

VVV


ten signed in pencil or ink, two dated and one numbered '8/20', also numbered '13' in ink on the cover and dedicated to 'Mr. Sidney Janis'

the complete portfolio, comprising five etchings, three duplicated drawings (two watercolors with ink, one with pencil, and one pastel), one engraving, one collage and one gelatin silver print, on various papers, seven accompanied by colored paper supports, contained in the original paper cover

largest sheet: 18⅛ by 14 in. 458 by 355 mm

overall: 18⅛ by 14⅛ in. 458 by 358 mm.

Executed in 1942-43; this portfolio is number thirteen from the presumed edition of 20 (the planned edition of 50 was never completed), edited by the surrealist magazine VVV.

(11 prints)

Sidney Janis

Private Collection, New York

The portfolio contains:

1. André Breton, Poème-objet, collage with postcard, thread and sequins on brown wove paper, signed in ink

2. Alexander Calder, Score for Ballet 0-100, engraving on Umbria Italia wove paper

3. Leonora Carrington, Untitled, etching on wove paper, accompanied by a dark orange wove paper support, signed in pencil

4. Marc Chagall, Tour Eiffel (Kornfeld 85.b), etching on Umbria Italia wove paper, signed in pencil

5. Max Ernst, Vogelmenschen, rubbing with pastel on dark orange wove paper, signed in pencil

6. David Hare, Untitled, gelatin silver print on double-weight paper, accompanied by a grey wove paper support, signed in ink

7. André Masson, Les Fruits de l'abîme (Saphire 85; Cramer Books 15), etching on wove paper, accompanied by a green wove paper support, signed in pencil and dated

8. Roberto Matta, Untitled, watercolor, ink and pencil on wove paper, accompanied by a blue wove paper support, signed in pencil and numbered 8/20

9. Robert Motherwell, Untitled, watercolor and pen and ink on wove paper, accompanied by a brown laid paper support, signed in ink on the verso and again in pencil on the support

10. Kurt Seligmann, Phantom of the Past (Mason 116), etching on wove paper accompanied by a grey laid paper support, signed in pencil and dated

11. Yves Tanguy, Untitled (Wittrock 10), etching on wove paper accompanied by a brown wove paper support, signed in pencil and dated