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Lot 118
Sale 2083 - For the Love of Barnes: The Collection of Dr. Richard J. Wattenmaker
Sep 22, 2024
12:00PM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$1,000 -
1,500
Price Realized
$2,858
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Lot Description
[Art] Hugo, Jean. Le Miroir Magique
Hugo, Jean
Le Miroir Magique
(Paris): Jeanne Bucher, 1927. First and limited edition, #50/50 copies on Arches paper (from a total edition of 60), and signed by Hugo on colophon. Folio. Illustrated with 20 pochoir plates, loose as issued, by Jean Saude, after gouaches by Hugo. Publisher's quarter drab buckram over paper-covered board portfolio, printed cover label, silk ties intact; some light offsetting to colophon and plates.
A charming, rare, and fine set of this portfolio of pochoir plates after Jean Hugo's gouaches. According to RBH, this is only the third copy at auction since 2013.
This lot is located in Philadelphia.



