Constant (Dutch 1920 - 2005)
Plaisir et tristesse de l'amour [Pleasure and sadness of love], 1979
complete set of five etchings and aquatints on Magnani di Pescia, with a colophon and a text sheet with a text by Fanny Kelk, loose as issued in the cloth-covered portfolio
each print signed (lower right) and numbered '33/99' (lower left), aside from the edition of ten in Roman numerals, printed by Arte 3, Milan, published by G.I.N. Gallery B.V. Editions, Amsterdam
sheet size 710 x 590 mm. each, portfolio size 73 x 61 cm.

Condition: Spot of surface grime on the title page, inner right flap of the portfolio and to one of the sheets in the margin, sheets with foxing spots (especially no. 4), portfolio with minor signs of wear, otherwise in very good condition.

Notes: These etchings have been made after a series of five paintings on the same subject done between 1975-78.

For the Fondation Constant reference see: https://stichtingconstant.nl/catalogue/work/plaisir-et-tristesse-de-lamour-3-plaisir-et-tristesse-de-lamour


Provenance:
G.I.N. Gallery Editions, Amsterdam.
Acquired at the above by the family of the present owner in 1980.

Literature:
Constant, Grafiek, Amsterdam, 1979, p. 6.
P. Dagen, Constant: Grafiek, Zwolle, 2004, p. 147, no. 129.

Est: € 4000-6000