RARE 1967 ORIGINAL SIGNED LITHOGRAPH BY LEGENDARY ABSTRACT VIETNAMESE - FRENCH ARTIST (1922 - 2015) HOI LEBADANG FROM HIS EXQUISITE SUITE "NATURE PRAYS WITHOUT WORDS" ('NATURE PRIE SANS PAROLE"). THE 15 PIECE SUITE LITHOS WERE NOT NUMBERED BUT THE EDITION WAS 150 PIECES PLUS APPROXIMATELY 15 MORE "H.C." (ARTIST PROOFS, OF WHICH THIS IS ONE OF THE 15 -- AS SHOWN BY ROMAN NUMERALS 'LXXXIV / LC ' FROM THE INTRODUCTORY SHEET TO THE SUITE, NOT PART OF THIS SALE. SHEET IS APPROXIMATELY 30" X 22", IMAGE SIZE APPROXIMATELY 26" X 18". LITHO IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION HAVING BEEN WITHOUT LIGHT IN THE 45+ YEARS I'VE OWNED IT--IT HAS BEEN STORED IN A COOL DARK CLOSET. SEE PHOTO FOR DETAILS. I ATTACH THE IMPRESSIVE RED CASE THE SUITE CAME IN --- NOTE THIS IS ONLY FOR THIS ONE LITHO AND THE CASE IS NOT PART OF THE SALE--I'M SHOWING IT AS MOST COLLECTORS HAVE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE.
I HAVE SEVERAL PIECES WHICH DO INCLUDE SOME ASIAN CHARACTERS ALONG WITH LEBADANG'S ORIGINAL SIGNATURE (MAY BE HIS SIGNED NAME??). PLEASE SEE MY OFFERINGS FROM THIS SUITE FOR THE ONES THAT HAVE THIS ASIAN CHARACTER.