Live auction - Lot 628
[Vietnam - Laos]
Quinze estampes. Indochine.
Hanoi, (L. Văn Phúc), 1926
€ 400 / 500
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Lot description
Folio; 15 pl. under passe-partout (edges of most ff. frayed and sometimes sl. soiled, not affecting text or pl.).
Loose in publ. wallet (used).
Series of 15 coloured woodcuts by Defert (1878-1972), French engraver, who worked in Laos (which was a part of French Indochina at the time). With an introduction by Henry Daguerches (pseudonym of Charles Valat), militarian and writer. Issued in 175 copies, on bamboo paper, with justification (n. 2, signed by the artist).
Prov. Maurice Monguillot (1874-1945), colonial administrator in French Indochina (nominative copy).