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Lassitude- 1912, Color Woodcut

Sylvain Laboureur 682. Edition 35. Signed and numbered 9/35 in pencil; signed in the block, upper left.

Image size 9 7/16 x 10 9/16 inches (240 x 268 mm); sheet size: 12 13/16 x 14 5/8 inches (325 x 371 mm).

A fine impression, with fresh colors, on tan wove paper; full margins (1 1/8 to 2 1/4 inches), in excellent condition.

$7000.


Le Cafe du Commerce- 1913, Etching

Sylvain Laboureur 126, Godefroy 126. Edition of 35. Signed in pencil and numbered 21/35 imp. Titled in the artist’s hand, in the lower left sheet corner. Signed and dated MCMXIII in the plate, lower right.

Image size: 11 13/16 x 13 5/8 inches (300 x 346 mm); sheet size 12 3/4 x 14 7/16 inches (324 x 367 mm).

A fine impression, with rich burr and overall subtle plate tone, on cream wove paper; full margins (3/8 to 1 inch), in excellent condition. Printed by the artist.

Widely considered to be Laboureur’s greatest Cubist Print. In his catalogue LeComte notes “Piece cubiste, capitale dans l’oeuvre de l’artist.”

Provenance: Galerie Marcel LeComte, sale Paris, 1974; ex-collection FB (collector’s stamp verso).

$16,000.


Le Tir Forain- 1920-21, Engraving

Laboureur, Godefroy, 191. Edition 108. Signed and numbered 37/85 imp in pencil. Initialed and dated 1920 in the plate, upper right.

Image size: 10 1/2 x 9 7/8 inches (267 x 251 mm); sheet size: 17 3/4 x 11 5/8 inches (451 x 295 mm).

A fine, lifetime impression, on antique cream laid paper, with full margins (1 1/4 to 4 3/8 inches), in excellent condition. Printed by the artist.

$12,000.


Chez le Patissier- 1925, Etching

Sylvain Laboureur 278. Edition 138. Signed in pencil lower right; Signed and titled in plate.

Image size: 5 7/8 x 4 3/16 inches (149 x 106 mm); sheet size: 11 1/8 x 8 7/8 inches (283 x 225 mm).

A fine impression, on cream wove paper, with full margins (2 1/4 to 3 7/8 inch), in excellent condition.

$1500.


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