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Sat, Apr 6, 2024 03:00AM EDT - Sun, Apr 28, 2024 08:00PM EDT
Lot 317

Shahn, Ben, American (1898-1969)

Estimate: $100 - $2,500

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $10
$100 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
  • Title: "Pleiades", P-42
  • Medium:screenprint with hand colors and gold leaf
  • signed in pencil lower right, , from the edition of 54
  • Publisher-Year:
    1960
  • Size: ,sheet: 20 1/2 by 26 1/2 in. (53 x 68 cm.) ,plate size: 18 by 24 in. (46.7 x 62.4 cm.)
  • See Provenance for Additional Information

    Condition

    In very fine condition, the full sheet. Rare, Framed in accordance with accepted conservation standards, acid free mats and mounts, removable hinging.

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Reference: Recorded and illustrated in the standard text by Prescott, No. 42.


Note: This extremely rare work also is used as the title page of the Prescott catalogue raisonne. Only a portion of the edition is hand signed as here.