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OSSIP ZADKINE Portfolio 28 Hand Signed Lithographs Russian Herakles 1960

Currency:USD Category:Art Start Price:4,300.00 USD Estimated At:5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD
OSSIP ZADKINE Portfolio 28 Hand Signed Lithographs Russian Herakles 1960
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OSSIP ZADKINE 1890-1967
Vitebsk 1890-1967 Paris

Title: Euripides; The Works of Herakles / Euripides; Die Arbeiten des Herakles - The Full Portfolio with 28 Lithographs, 1960

Technique: 28 Original Hand Signed and Numbered Lithographs in Grey on vellum paper

Size: 68.5 x 53 cm / 27 x 20.9 in

Portfolio Size: 70 x 54 cm / 27.6 x 21.3 in

Additional Information: This full portfolio consists of three parts with printed text and
28 different loose lithographs by Zadkine as illustrations to the myth of Euripides.
Each print is hand signed in pencil by the artist "O. Zadkine" in the lower right corner,
and numbered in pencil "202/350" in the lower left corner.
Additionally, the prints are signed in the plate "O. Zadkine".
The justification page gives detailed information about the portfolio edition, and is also
signed by Zadkine and by the publisher Christoph Czwiklitzer.
This page is furthermore hand numbered "202" by Czwiklitzer.
The portfolio was printed in 1960 in a limited hand signed and numbered edition of 350.
It was published in English, French and German.
The portfolio was published by Gallery Christopher Czwiklitzer in Koln, Germany.

Condition: The lithographs and text pages are in excellent condition.
The first title page (thin black paper)has some handling creases and a tear in the left edge.
The second title page has surface dirt. The portfolio cover has some handling marks and a rip in the edge, but is in good condition.