Sanyu
Illustrations for Les Poèmes de T'ao Tsien
Found at
Phillips,
Hong Kong Auction
Editions, Photographs and Design, Lot 80
14. Jun - 14. Jun 2024
Editions, Photographs and Design, Lot 80
14. Jun - 14. Jun 2024
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 HKD
Price realised: 38.100 HKD
Price realised: 38.100 HKD
Description
1930
The complete set of three etchings, on Arches paper, with full margins, with poems in French (translated from Chinese by Liang Tsong Tai), preface by Paul Valéry, and additional portrait of the poet after Hwang Shen on the frontispiece, bound (as issued), contained in a later red fabric-covered slipcase.
book 33 x 25.5 x 1.2 cm (12 7/8 x 10 x 1/2 in.)
This work is number 143 from an edition of 290 (there were also 10 on Hollande van Gelder in Roman numerals and 6 on Japan), published by Éditions Lemarget, Paris, with a later slipcase.
The complete set of three etchings, on Arches paper, with full margins, with poems in French (translated from Chinese by Liang Tsong Tai), preface by Paul Valéry, and additional portrait of the poet after Hwang Shen on the frontispiece, bound (as issued), contained in a later red fabric-covered slipcase.
book 33 x 25.5 x 1.2 cm (12 7/8 x 10 x 1/2 in.)
This work is number 143 from an edition of 290 (there were also 10 on Hollande van Gelder in Roman numerals and 6 on Japan), published by Éditions Lemarget, Paris, with a later slipcase.
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