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La Tentation de l’Occident (The Temptation of the West) by André Malraux
1962
a complete set of ten lithographs in colours on Arches paper, with full margins and the full sheets, folded (as issued) with text by André Malraux, all contained in the original linen-covered portfolio with blue printed title
book: 39.6 x 29.8 x 5.1 cm. (15 5/8 x 11 3/4 x 2 in.)
each lithograph: 37.5 x 18 cm. (14 3/4 x 7 1/8 in.)
Executed in 1962, this work is numbered 46 from an edition of 125 in Arabic numerals (as printed on the title page). There was also an edition of 45 in Roman numerals and two signed editions of 20 on Arches and Japan paper, published by Les Bibliophiles Comtois, Paris.
Estimate
HK$100,000 - 150,000
€11,400-17,100
$12,800-19,200
Sold for HK$125,000
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