PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE FRENCH COLLECTION
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Le colosse, for Aurélia
1972
Extensively hand-colored drypoint, on wove paper attatched to Arches paper,
I. 22 1/8 x 14 5/8 in (56.2 x 37.1 cm)
S. 30 x 22 3/8 in (76.2 x 56.8 cm)
signed and inscribed 'Bon A Tirer' and 'indigo' in blue ink (the first of two 'good to print' impressions, the final portfolio edition totaled 300 and was printed in colors), inscribed 'Epreuve en B.AT. faisant partie de notre collection' by Denise Rigal on the reverse, with accompanying certificate from Archives Descharnes (archive reference #d5262), the completed portfolio was published by Editions de Francony and Ateliers Rigal, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France, generally in very good condition, unframed.
Estimate
$15,000 - 25,000
Sold for $93,750