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Lot offered with No Reserve
La boîte alerte (The Alert Box) (M. 263, see C. Bks. 57)
1959
Lithograph in colours, on Arches paper, with full margins.
I. 18.9 x 12.5 cm (7 1/2 x 4 7/8 in.)
S. 25 x 17 cm (9 7/8 x 6 3/4 in.)
Signed and numbered 191/200 in pencil (there was also an edition of 20 on Japon nacré paper in Roman numerals and 30 hors commerce impressions), published by Galerie Daniel Cordier, Paris, to accompany the deluxe edition of the catalogue for their exhibition Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme, 15 December 1959 to 29 February 1960, unframed.
Estimate
£1,000 - 1,500 •‡♠
Sold for £1,397
