A large abstract drawing, ink on paper, 1150 x 760 mm, unsigned and undated, — Gysin, Brion. 1916-1986.

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Estimate: $3,000–$5,000 hammer
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Sale: Bonhams — Fine Books and Manuscripts, New York · 12 June 2018
Record ID: TB-2026-952717
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Brion Gysin, A large abstract drawing, ink on paper, 1150 x 760 mm, unsigned and undated,. Bonhams, 12 Jun 2018, lot 192. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-952717.

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Brion Gysin, A large abstract drawing, ink on paper, 1150 x 760 mm, unsigned and undated,. Bonhams, 12 Jun 2018, lot 192. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-952717.

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From the same sale Fine Books and Manuscripts · Jun 2018

Lot	Artist	Estimate
Trattato ... della historia, natura, et virtu delle droghe medicinali…	Acosta, Cristobal DE. C.1525-1594.	$2,000–$3,000
Opera omnia. Prima [-Undecima] pars librorum diui Aurelij Augustini. …	Augustinus, Aurelius. 354-430.	$5,000–$7,000
AESOP. c.620-560 B.C. [Vita et Fabulae], Latin prose version of Romul…	Aesop. C.620-560 B.c. [vita Et Fabulae], Latin Prose Version Of Romulus, Franciscus Rinucius Aretinus, Translator, Et Fabulae, Lib. I-iv, With The Metrical Version Of Anonymous Neveletti	$60,000–$80,000
Vita del cavaliere Gio. Lorenzo Bernino, scultore, architetto e pitto…	Baldinucci, Filippo. 1624-1696.	$800–$1,200
Libellus de officio missae quem edidit Rhomae. Strasbourg: Matthias …	Berno, Abbot Of Reichenau. C.978-1048.	$800–$1,200
De rerum varietate libri XVII. Basel: Heinrich Petri, 1557.	Cardano, Girolamo. 1501-1576.	$2,000–$3,000

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