La Vieille (La Tentation De Saint-Antoine), (From The Temptation Of Saint Anthony), 1895, (Vollard Edition, 1933)
16.3 cms x 10.5 cms (6.4 ins x 4.09 ins)
Titled to label verso. Published by Ambroise Vollard, Paris in 1933. Together with: Two illustrations from Baudelaire's LES FLEURS DU MAL, 1890: Couverture-Frontispiece [Mellerio, 198]; JE T'ADORE A L'EGAL DE LA VOUTE NOCTURNE [Mellerio, 199] Two Evely process photogravures from copper plates for the book
Lot offered for sale by Waddington's, Toronto at the auction event "Fine Prints & Photography Online Auction" held on Thu, Apr 12, 2018.
Lot 110
Lot 110
Estimate: CAD $600 - $800
Realised: CAD $420
Realised: CAD $420
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
In Harry Coughey, Toronto frames;
Carol Solway Collection, Toronto;
Her Estate Collection, Toronto
Notes:
The series of original drawings for "Les Fleurs du Mal" was first exhibited at the Salon des XX in February 1890, and then "reproduced" full size for the edition by the Evely process. Republished later by Henri Floury (Paris, 1923). The plates were unnumbered, and without the typographic text below the plates as in these two examples.
In Harry Coughey, Toronto frames;
Carol Solway Collection, Toronto;
Her Estate Collection, Toronto
Notes:
The series of original drawings for "Les Fleurs du Mal" was first exhibited at the Salon des XX in February 1890, and then "reproduced" full size for the edition by the Evely process. Republished later by Henri Floury (Paris, 1923). The plates were unnumbered, and without the typographic text below the plates as in these two examples.
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(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Waddington's auction house for permission to use.