Eaux-fortes originales pour le chef-d'oeuvre inconnu d'Honor…
Art & décorationEaux-fortes originales pour le chef-d'oeuvre inconnu d'Honor…, aux enchères, à Bruxelles, estimation 25 000 € – 30 000 €.
- Lot
- N° 194
- Date
- vente le mer. 2 décembre 2026, 13h00
- Lieu
- Bruxelles
- Prix
- Estimation : 25 000 € – 30 000 €Frais en sus de l'enchère : 30 %. D'autres frais peuvent s'appliquer. Vérifiez les conditions de vente.
Description
Eaux-fortes originales pour le chef-d'oeuvre inconnu d'Honoré de Balzac. Title page with colophon on verso, printed numb. 77, 12 (of 13) etchings, c. 19,4 x 27,7 cm (plate), c. 38,4 x 49,9 cm (sheet), wove paper (Van Gelder), brown ink signed, numb. 77/99 (title browned on edge, some thumbing, etchings some (sl.) browned, few edges browned or frayed, 1 sl. foxed, 1 sm. ink stain (same ink as signature)). - Famous series commissioned by Ambroise Vollard, who published 340 copies in book form (Bloch livre 19; Johnson 119) and only 99 copies of the present separate suite of loose etchings. Beautiful and rare ensemble, all signed by Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). Subjects incl. 11 (of 12) scenes of the artist at work, female nudes, and bulls and horses (without n. 4, painter and knitting model), and a nice overview of these scenes as the 13th etching. - Ref. Bloch 82-94. - U. E. Johnson, Ambroise Vollard editeur, New York, 1944, pp. 110-111, 117.
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