Lot n° 148
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GUSTAVE COURBET - Lot 148
GUSTAVE COURBET
Three Books
1/ "That Obscure Object of Desire: On *The Origin of the World*"; Lienart/Musée Courbet, 2014; 176 pages.
Paperback; first edition; as mysterious as the Mona Lisa’s smile, “The Origin of the World” is undoubtedly Gustave Courbet’s most famous painting, but also his most scandalous.... even though the absence of a face allows the painting to escape any obscene connotations, this work disturbingly raises the question of the gaze…
In-4 (27 x 21 cm)
2/"Courbet, as Told by Himself and His Friends"; Pierre Caillier, publisher, 1948/50; 360 & 320 pages (uncut)
Two paperback volumes; first editions.
In-8 (19 x 13 cm)
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