81
Henry Moore
Prométhée (Prometheus) (C. 18-32)
Estimate
$3,000 - 4,000
Live 22 April, 12 PM ET
Lot Details
1950
The complete portfolio comprising eight lithographs in colors and seven lithographs within the text, on Marais wove paper, with full margins, the sheets loose and four folded (as issued), with title page, justification and text in French translated by André Gide, all contained in the original paper wrapper and cardboard clamshell portfolio.
all I. approx. 12 1/4 x 9 in. (31.1 x 22.9 cm)
all S. 15 x 11 in. (38.1 x 27.9 cm)
portfolio 16 x 12 1/4 x 1 3/4 in. (40.6 x 31.1 x 4.4 cm)
all S. 15 x 11 in. (38.1 x 27.9 cm)
portfolio 16 x 12 1/4 x 1 3/4 in. (40.6 x 31.1 x 4.4 cm)
All signed in pencil, numbered '129' (printed) on the justification (the first 18 copies contained a signed suite, presumably this was a special suite also signed by the artist given to Lauren Bacall, the total edition was 183), published by Henri Jonquières PA Nicaise Editeur, Paris.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
The suite of lithograph: Head of Prometheus; The Four Sketches; Minerva, Prometheus and Pandora; Twilight Landscape; Trees; Death of Mira; Pandora and the Imprisoned Statues; and Prometheus on the Rock.
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