Pierre Soulages Eau Forte XII etching and aquatint
Auction Date: December 18, 2020
Estimate: Estimate: 3000 - 5000
Sold for: $15,600
Lot: 5087
(French b. 1919)
Eau Forte XII
etching and aquatint on BFK Rives paper,
sheet: 25.625 x 19.75 inches / 65.08 x 50.165 cm,
signed in pencil lower right: Soulages and numbered lower left: 33/100.
Provenance: From the estate of Flia Lal (the director of Les Bibliophiles de lUnion Francaise publishers), given to the family of the current owner by Lal upon her death and passed down through descent to the current owner
Condition: In overall good condition, no tears or abrasions to the sheet. Brown tape around the edges verso presumably from it being previously mounted and framed. This work is being is being sold unframed at this time. Very slight handling creases along the edges (unnoticeable to the untrained eye).