Sold for:
$2,963
$2,963
Max Ernst, illustrator (German, 1891-1976) La Brebis Galante, by Benjamin Peret, published in 1949 by Éditions Premières, Paris, edition of 300, containing three etchings plus twenty-one pochoir illustrations. Signed "Max Ernst" in ink and numbered "74" opposite the title page. Sheet sizes 9 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. (23.4 x 19.0 cm), paper bound with cloth-covered slipcase. Condition: Very minor wear, staining to edges of pages. Provenance: From the estate of Mary Lee Ingbar, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The work is on cream Arches paper. There are some areas wear the bound edges are just starting to pull away at the top and /or bottom.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-09-24
