Lot n° 89
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2000 - 4000
EUR
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Result
: 3 200EUR
LAURE ALBIN GUILLOT 1879-1962 - Lot 89
LAURE ALBIN GUILLOT 1879-1962
Decorative micrography, Paris, 1931. - I. Rhinoceros horn (section); II. Brazilin (1); III. Star hairs of Pentzia; IV. Horse hoof horn; V. Citric acid; VI. Whale cartilage; VII. Brazilin (2); VIII. Ash bud (cut); IX. Diatom; X. Seed; XI. Burdock; XII. Margaric acid; XIII. Irional; XIV. Saligenin; XV. Gynerium Argenveum (grass); XVI. Diatom; XVII. Lily; XVIII. Diatom; XIX. Barley root (cup); XX. Uric acid of the ruminant. Spiral-bound work including 20 photogravures numbered I to XX under the image, silver title stamped on the first cover, in its original slipcase. Copy n° 77 on an edition of 305 including 5 special editions, preface by M. Paul Léon. Completed in April 1931 on the Presses de Draeger Frères. These abstract images representing enlargements of natural substances, "crystallographies", are often printed on colored metallic papers. Book in very good condition. Some foxing on the slipcase. Image: 27,5 x 21,5 cm; case: 44 x 40 cm Bibliograhpie Christian Bouqueret "Laure Albin-Guillot ou la volonté d'art", Marval collection, 1996, p.65-69. "Laure Albin Guillot, l'enjeu classique", Jeu de Paume, Ed. de la Martinière, Paris, 2013, p.114-123.
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