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Realized Price:
$18,000
Estimated Price:
$25,000 - $35,000
Auction House: Swann Auction Galleries
Auction Location: New York, NY, USA
104 East 25th Street
New York, NY
USA
10010
Phone: 212.254.4710
Fax: 212 979 1017
Email: swann@swanngalleries.com
Auction Title: THE JAMES B PARKS COLLECTION OF FINE PRINTS
Auction Date: November 9, 2009
Description: PABLO PICASSO
Le Siège de Jérusalem by Max Jacob.
Bound volume with 3 etchings with drypoint, 1914. 225x155 mm; 9x6 1/8 inches (sheets), full margins.
One of 15 numbered copies on papier ancien du Japon, from a total edition of 106. Signed by both Picasso and Jacob in violet pencil and numbered 4 on the justification page. Printed by Delâtre, Paris. Published by Kahnweiler, Paris. 1/2-dark brown calf and marbled paste board binding.
Superb impressions of these extremely scarce, early prints. We have found only 9 other copies of this seminal Cubist work at auction in the past 20 years. Bloch 25-27; Geiser 35-37.
Condition: All items are offered for sale subject to Swann Galleries' standard terms and conditions of sale, which are published in our catalogues.
