256
Various Artists
The International Anthology of Contemporary Engraving: The International Avant-Garde, Vol. 1
- Estimate
- £2,000 - 3,000‡♠
Lot Details
The complete set of 20 etchings, on handmade Rives paper, with full margins, with introductory texts and colophon, the sheets tacked (as issued) to the backboards of grey window-mounts, bound (as issued) within the original black binding with embossed and printed title on the front, contained in a black slipcase.
1962
30.5 x 25 x 4 cm (12 x 9 7/8 x 1 5/8 in.)
All signed and numbered 55/60 in pencil, further numbered '55' in black ink on the colophon (there were also 15 artist's proof sets), published by Galerie Schwartz, Milan.
Specialist
Catalogue Essay
Including works by Enrico Baj; Gianni Bertini; Camille Bryan; Marie Carlier; Bill Copley; Corneille; Roberto Crippa; Lucio del Pezzo; Hisao Domoto; Ferró; Lucio Fontana; Roland Giguére; Henri Ginet; Yozo Hamaguchi; Stanley William Hayter; Horst-Egon Kalinowski; Jacques Lacomblez; Josaku Maeda; Hans Meyer-Petersen; and Jean Tinguely