PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE FRENCH COLLECTION
8
Visage Surrealiste, for Aurélia
1972
Extensively hand-colored drypoint, on Rives BFK paper, with full margins,
I. 22 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. (57.2 x 36.8 cm)
S. 29 1/2 x 22 in. (74.9 x 55.9 cm)
signed and annotated ‘Bon à Tirer' and `70 - P.C.' in pencil (one of two `good to print' impressions, the final portfolio edition totaled 300 and the artist decided to print with minimal colors), inscribed 'Epreuve en BAT faisant partie de notre collection' by Denise Rigal on the reverse, the completed portfolio was printed in just drypoint and published by Editions de Francony and Ateliers Rigal, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France, unframed.
Estimate
$8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $43,750