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WILLIAM BLAKE

Lot 28

Oberon and Titania on a Lily

pencil, pen and black ink and watercolor with scratching out on paper

8.2 x 6.1 in (20.8 x 15.5 cm)

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Lot 28

Oberon and Titania on a Lily

pencil, pen and black ink and watercolor with scratching out on paper

8.2 x 6.1 in (20.8 x 15.5 cm)

Estimate: US$ 400,000 - 600,000

€ 352,000 - 528,000

Auction: 51 days

Christie's Paris

City: NewYork

Auction: Jun 10, 2025

Auction number: 23946

Auction name: Maurice Sendak: Artist, Collector, Connoisseur

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Lot Details

signed with initials 'W [? trimmed]' (lower right)

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signed with initials 'W [? trimmed]' (lower right)

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21 The Bed of Death (recto); and A subsidiary sketch of a figure in a doorway ...

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22 Paolo and Francesca

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23 'With Songs the Jovial Hinds Return from Plow'

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25 The Pastorals of Virgil: Four Plates

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€ 53,000 - 70,000

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26 The Pastorals of Virgil

the complete set of seventeen wood-engravings (sixteen plates plus title page), on wove paper, without watermark, circa 1821, a uniform set, printing with clarity and detail even in the finest lines, each with margins, framed

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29 Songs of Innocence , 1789

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30 Songs of Experience

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