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Portrait d'Antonin Artaud
1968
The complete multiple comprised of a 'book-sculpture' of wood and enamel in pink, containing one copper die-cut plate, one steel die-cut plate, two Plexiglas die-cut plates, and one artist's book by Otto Hahn, with cover illustration by Lucio Fontana,
book-sculpture 36.5 x 23.7 x 7 cm (14 3/8 x 9 3/8 x 2 3/4 in.)
with incised signature and numbered 39/80 on the base of the book-sculpture, with incised initials and numbered '39' on each die-cut plate, and further numbered 39/80 in pencil on the inside front cover of the book (there were also 10 hors commerce impressions in Roman numerals), from the deluxe edition b, published by Le Soleil Noir, Paris.
Estimate
£12,000 - 18,000 ♠
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