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Le cocu magnifique (The Magnificent Cuckold)
1968
The complete deluxe set of 24 total prints, including the set of 12 etchings (four with aquatint) on Richard de Bas hand-made paper, hors-texte with the accompanying text in French by Fernand Crommelynck, and the additional suite of 12 etchings (four with aquatint), on Rives BFK paper (with wider margins), the sheets loose (as issued), contained in two original oxblood leather-covered portfolios with printed titles.
one portfolio 20 1/4 x 15 3/4 in. (51.5 x 40 cm)
one portfolio 16 1/8 x 12 1/4 in. (41 x 31 cm)
Signed by the artist and author in pencil on the title page and numbered 'VI', and all of the prints from the suite with wider margins each signed and numbered 'II/X' in pencil (one of 10 in Roman numerals, there were also 30 in Arabic numerals and an edition of 150 without the added suite), printed and published by Atelier Crommelynck, Paris.
Estimate
$70,000 - 90,000