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(updated Mon Aug 13 20:25:33 2012 E.S.T.)

Auction Lot No. 135

Bidding:
CLAVE, ANTONI Spanish/French 1913-2005
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    "L'Enfant a la cage ou Femme aux oiseaux - Child with a Cage or Woman with Birds"
    color lithograph on on wove paper (green version), 1950, signed by the artist , numbered 114/200, Printed at the Atelier Edmond & Jacques Desjobert, Paris and published jointly by Klipstein & Kornfeld, Berne and Nesto Jacometti.

  • Condition:A superb impression, the colours very fresh apart from the margins being a little unfresh and some stains verso (not showing through), in good condition.
  • Sheet: 56.6 x 38.2 cm - (22¼ x 15 inches)
  • Plate: 48.2 x 33.9 cm - (19 x 13¼ inches)
  • References: Recorded and illustrated in the standard catalog of the original works of the artist by Passeron, No. 27
  • Framing: Sold unframed
  • Note: one of the most striking of Clavé's early lithographs. Clavé and his printers made many colour variations of this lithograph with the predominent colours blue, rose, green (as here), yellow and brown; the total edition was 260 (200 numbered 1/200 to 200/200 and 60 with roman numbering
Estimates*
US $
Euro
UK pound
Swiss Fr
1200-1800
996-1494
816-1224
1176-1764

* Estimates do not include 25% buyer's premium (see Terms and Conditions). NR means no reserve (minimum bid $50 unless otherwise posted). Estimates in other currencies based on conversion rates of Euro: 0.83 , British Pound 0.68, Swiss Fr 0.98. All conversion values are approximate with the final cost determined in dollars.
workcode: ac-1131h-36