Live Auction 21050Churchill to Eden: The Collection of the Earl and Countess of Avon
ANDRE DUNOYER DE SEGONZAC (1884–1974)
Lot 43

ANDRE DUNOYER DE SEGONZAC (1884–1974)

Le coureur, from Sports de Giraudoux

Closed21 October 2022

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GBP 756

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ANDRE DUNOYER DE SEGONZAC (1884–1974)
Le coureur, from Sports de Giraudoux
etching, circa 1955-1962, on Van Gelder Zonen wove paper, signed in ink, inscribed epreuve d'essai, an artist's proof dedicated and additionally signed Pour Sir Anthony Eden / En Hommage á / ami de la France et ami des Arts / Andre Dunoyer de Segonzac (For Sir Anthony Eden In Tribute to a friend of France and a friend of the Arts), with wide margins, framed
Plate 136 x 183 mm.
Sheet 210 x 280 mm.

Specialist note

This etching was reproduced on the cover of Henry de Montherlant's Les Olympiques, apparently published by Gallimard in 1955. According to a pencil annotation, this sheet is from the series Sports de Giraudoux.