Estate / Collection: The Margolis Collection
[VILLON, JACQUES]
[VIRGIL]. Les Bucoliques de Virgile. Paris: Scripta & Picta, 1953. Copy 193 from an edition of 245 copies on Arches paper (from a total of 269 copies printed); this example with a suite of 27 unfolded double-page lithographic plates in color, each pencil signed by Villon, and a second suite en noir similarly pencil signed; N.B. these suites are not called-for in the tirage. Loose signatures laid into blue paper wrappers, in the publisher's slipcase and chemise, the portfolio in a folding cloth case. 15 x 11 1/2 inches (38 x 29 cm); with 44 color lithographs, plus one in black and white, all by Jacques Villon. Restorable separation beginning to one panel of the slipcase, minor soiling to same.
The double suite of signed lithographs is rarely encountered, and has frequently been broken for sale as separate plates.
Sold for $1,062
Estimated at $1,500 - $2,500
Includes Buyer's Premium
Estate / Collection: The Margolis Collection
[VILLON, JACQUES]
[VIRGIL]. Les Bucoliques de Virgile. Paris: Scripta & Picta, 1953. Copy 193 from an edition of 245 copies on Arches paper (from a total of 269 copies printed); this example with a suite of 27 unfolded double-page lithographic plates in color, each pencil signed by Villon, and a second suite en noir similarly pencil signed; N.B. these suites are not called-for in the tirage. Loose signatures laid into blue paper wrappers, in the publisher's slipcase and chemise, the portfolio in a folding cloth case. 15 x 11 1/2 inches (38 x 29 cm); with 44 color lithographs, plus one in black and white, all by Jacques Villon. Restorable separation beginning to one panel of the slipcase, minor soiling to same.
The double suite of signed lithographs is rarely encountered, and has frequently been broken for sale as separate plates.
Auction: Rare Books, Autographs & Maps, May 11, 2023