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Lot Essay
"My first lithograph adventure has become a book. An album with seven perils in it. Because to the seven deadly sins I preferred the seven spectral perils, life being more perilous than sinful. The writer, a good judge of both, naturally agreed. You might say that these interrogate the stone. And the stone, like an oracle, answered sometimes with effects never possible to achieve with other materials. The book's cover was also a lithograph printed on a blue paper that, alas, soon discolored."
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In addition to the catalogue description, each with full margins, very pale time staining, the blue paper covers faded (as is common), moisture staining and surface soiling throughout on the boards, title, justification and text pages
Premier Péril: very pale foxmarks in places primarily in the margins, Image: 141⁄2 x 107⁄8 in. (368 x 276 mm.) Sheet: 197⁄8 x 127⁄8 in. (505 x 327 mm.)
Deuxième Péril: an 1⁄8-in. tear at the upper right sheet edge, a very soft horizontal crease at the upper left sheet edge Image: 141⁄4 x 103⁄4 in. (362 x 273 mm.) Sheet: 197⁄8 x 123⁄4 in. (505 x 324 mm.)
Troisième Péril: a few pale foxmarks in places in the margins and on the reverse Image: 143⁄4 x 107⁄8 in. (375 x 276 mm.) Sheet: 197⁄8 x 123⁄4 in. (505 x 324 mm.)
Quatrième Péril: occasional very pale foxing in places in the margins and on the reverse, an 1⁄8-in. tear at the lower left sheet edge, a soft handling crease at the upper sheet edge Image: 137⁄8 x 101⁄2 in. (352 x 267 mm.) Sheet: 197⁄8 x 123⁄4 in. (505 x 324 mm.)
Cinquième Péril: a few very minor pinpoint foxmarks in places in the margins, a very minor rubbed area in the upper margin Image: 145⁄8 x 11 in. (372 x 279 mm.) Sheet: 197⁄8 x 123⁄4 in. (505 x 324 mm.)
Sixième Péril: occasional very minor pinpoint foxmarks in places in the margins, Image: 141⁄4 x 107⁄8 in. (362 x 276 mm.) Sheet: 197⁄8 x 123⁄4 in. (505 x 324 mm.)
Septième Péril: a few pale foxmarks in places in the margins, a small discoloration at the lower sheet edge, a vertical area of toning on the reverse (showing through in the left margin) Image: 141⁄4 x 101⁄2 in. (362 x 267 mm.) Sheet: 20 x 123⁄4 in. (508 x 324 mm.)
Please note this lot is a portfolio of seven loose prints.
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Lot 13Sale 21473
Les 7 périls spectrauxDOROTHEA TANNING (1910-2012)Estimate: USD 3,000 - 5,000
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