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Lot 26

Metropolitan Opera Fine Art, the complete portfolio with the original linen folio case

Lot 26

Metropolitan Opera Fine Art, the complete portfolio with the original linen folio case

Status:

Closed

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500

Estimate$1,500 – $2,500

Status

Closed

Various Artists

(20th century)

Metropolitan Opera Fine Art, the complete portfolio with the original linen folio case

, 1978

lithographs, screenprint, and intaglio prints

each signed and numbered 142/250 in pencil

30 3/4 x 22 3/4 inches.

Property from the Estate of a Private Collector, Denver, Colorado

Incudes work by Antonio Clavé, Léonor Fini, Richard Lindner, Marino Marini, André Masson, Larry Rivers, Paul Wunderlich, and Jamie Wyeth

With case: 31 1/2 x 23 1/2 inches. Case has surface dirt and dust; prints appear to be in good condition. Please see images.

Antonio Clavé, Carmen, five color embossed intaglio

Léonor Fini, Tristan und Isolde, twelve color serigraph

Richard Lindner, Der Rosenkavalier, twenty-two color lithograph

Marino Marini, La Traviata, eleven color lithograph

André Masson, Don Giovanni, nine color lithograph

Larry Rivers, Madama Butterfly, mixed media print of eight colors in lithography and three colors in serigraphy

Paul Wunderlich, Aida, five color lithograph

Jamie Wyeth, La Boheme, sixteen color lithograph

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Managing Director, Vice President, Fine Art, Head of Department, Prints and Multiples

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Ms. Brown rejoined the firm in 2019 as a senior specialist in the Fine Art department, where she has been the resident expert and Head of Sale for Prints and Multiples. She has over 17 years of art-market experience, most recently as founder of Monica Brown Fine Art. In addition to working for renowned auction houses, she has extensive knowledge in over five centuries of works on paper from her tenure at the Newberry Library in Chicago, and eight years of experience with one of London’s leading dealers of Pop Art editions.

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