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From Algiers to Berchtesgaden: War Artist's Journey

From Algiers to Berchtesgaden: War Artist's Journey

Original title : Berghof HAMBOURG D'ALGER A BERCHTESGADEN 1947

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Paris, 1947. Softcover; folio format. Leaf-by-leaf sheets in portfolio with cardboard slipcase. Plates produced in G. Duval's workshops in Paris and entirely hand-colored by René Euffès in Paris – 8 plates by André Hambourg – presentation and captions by Philippe Lorraine. Missing 4 of the announced 12 plates. One of few hors-commerce copies reserved for dedications. André Hambourg, war correspondent…

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Paris, 1947. Softcover; folio format. Leaf-by-leaf sheets in portfolio with cardboard slipcase. Plates produced in G. Duval's workshops in Paris and entirely hand-colored by René Euffès in Paris – 8 plates by André Hambourg – presentation and captions by Philippe Lorraine. Missing 4 of the announced 12 plates. One of few hors-commerce copies reserved for dedications. André Hambourg, war correspondent and painter with the French armed forces, witnessed Berchtesgaden the day after the Leclerc Division raised the French flag at Hitler's Berghof in May 1945.

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