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Hans Erni, 2 Books: König Ödipus, 1949

Lot 220

Hans Erni, 1909-2015 (CH)

2 Books: König Ödipus, 1949


CHF500 / 800
EUR450 / 700
USD530 / 840

Hammer Price: CHF 480

Annotation:

With 14 etchings by Hans Erni; Text by Sophokles.
On first page signed original drawing by Hans Erni.
Dated dedication.
In the colophon typographically numbered: 72/219.
Signed by the artist and the publisher: Erni; André Gonin.
Lausanne, André Gonin, 1949.
Folio. Loose double sheet in Bristol envelope, in paperbacked dust cover. In original slipcase;
Book. Antigone, 1949.
With 14 etchings by Hans Erni; text by Sophokles.
In the colophon typographically numbered: 95/219.
Signed by the artist and the publisher: Erni; André Gonin.
Lausanne, André Gonin, 1949.
Folio. Loose double sheet in Bristol envelope, in paperbacked dust cover. In original slipcase.

Provenance:
Berthe Kofler Erni (sister of Hans Erni);
Swiss private property.

Literature: Cramer 8; 9.
(2).