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ART AND ARCHITECTURE
Lots 241–273
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241 ALBERS, JOSEF Interaction of Color. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, (1963).
Folio, contents loose as issued in brown linen slipcase, bound text volume, and 80 color screen prints with accompanying booklet laid in to matching folding box. Signed twice by a previous owner. Light wear to slipcase; mild spotting along the outer fold of some folders, not affecting interior. $3,000-5,000 242 (ALBRIGHT, IVAN) CROYDON, MICHAEL Ivan Albright. New York: Abbeville Press, (1978).
Folio, red cloth lettered in gilt, dust jacket. Signed by Albright on the f.f.e.p. Illustrated with numerous plates throughout. Light edgeware to jacket. $100-200
243 (CHAGALL, MARC) LONGUS Daphnis et Chloe. New York: George Braziller, (1977).
4to, original linen, dust jacket, publisher’s slipcase. Light soiling to boards, jacket and slipcase; marginal chipping to jacket with some loss. $100-200 244 CHARLOT, JEAN Picture Book II. Los Angeles: Zeitlin & Van Brugge, 1973.
Folio, original printed wraps, slipcase, uncut. Limited edition, number 954 of 1,000 copies signed by the artist and printer, Lynton R. Kistler, with 32 lithographs by Jean Charlot. Rubbing and some loss to the spine; tear to the colophon; some wear to slipcase. $200-400
245* (CHASE, WILLIAM MERRITT) Paintings. Saint Louis, Missouri: Newhouse Galleries, n.d.
4to, quarter cloth over gilt-lettered boards. Limited edition, signed by the publisher. Extremities worn; hinges tender. Property from the Estate of H.M. Barbour, Chicago, Illinois $200-400 246 (DALI, SALVADORE) CARROLL, LEWIS Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. New York: Maecenas Press - Random House, 1969.
Folio, contents loose as issued in gilt-lettered cloth chemise and gilt-lettered quarter tan leather clamshell box, with leather ties and bone clasps (one torn), etched frontispiece and 12 colored plates printed with remarks by Dali. Number 1,037 of 2,500 numbered copies signed by Dali on the title page. $4,000-6,000 247 HOLLSTEIN, F. W. H. Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts ca. 1450-1700. Amsterdam: Hertzberger. 15 of 72 vols. only. [Together with:] German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. Baricum: A.L. Van Gendt B.V. 10 of 78 vols. only, not including supplements. [c. 1980-2010]
25 vols. total. 4to, uniformly bound in full red cloth, spines lettered in gilt, printed paper wraps. Soiling and marginal chipping to wraps with some loss. $200-400
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248* KLIMT, GUSTAV Gustav Klimt. Twenty-Five Drawings Selected and Interpreted by Alice Strobl. Edited by Albert Koschatzky. Graz-Vienna: Druck und Verlagsanstalt, 1964.
Portfolio, contents loose as issued in publisher’s black cloth with printed label. With 14-page text booklet and 25 facsimile sheets, some in color. [Together with:] Gustav Klimt: Eine Nachlese. Vienna: Franz Deuticke, n.d. (c. 1946), with 29 plates, and a portfolio of 14 loose prints by Klimt. Property from the Estate of Charles P. Wood, Chicago, Illinois $400-600
249* KLIMT, GUSTAV Funfundzwanzig Handzeichnungen. Vienna: Gilhofer & Ranschburg, (1919).
Folio, contents loose as issued in publisher’s giltstamped and linen-backed folder. Limited edition, number 417 of 500 copies. With 21 (of 25) collotyped plates. Dampstain to title page and index; folder worn with some splitting at the flaps. Property from the Estate of Charles P. Wood, Chicago, Illinois $400-600 250 LICHTENSTEIN, ROY Roy Lichtenstein: Landscape Sketches 1984-1985. New York: Harry N. Abrams, (1986).
Oblong 8vo, contents loose as issued publisher’s cloth folding box, mailing carton. Limited edition, number 77 of 100 deluxe copies of the facsimile edition signed by Lichtenstein to the inside of the folding case in blue pen. With 24 color reproductions. Soiling to folding case. $300-500
251 (PICASSO, PABLO) BERNADAC, MARIE-LAURE, ed. Guernica. New York: Harry N. Abrams, (1990).
Folio, contents loose as issued in publisher’s navy cloth clamshell case with pastedown illustration, text booklet laid in. First edition of this facsimile publication, limited to 1,000 copies, with 31 unbound mats displaying 42 facsimiles of Picasso’s sketches for Guernica. Fading to case. $600-800 252 POLLACK, JACKSON The Last Sketchbook. (New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982).
Oblong 4to, text booklet and string-bound facsimile sketchbook laid into silk-covered cloth folding box with cover label. Limited edition, one of 500 copies. $100-200
253 (ROCKWELL, NORMAN) BUECHNER, THOMAS S. Norman Rockwell: Artist and Illustrator. New York: Harry N. Abrams, (1970).
Folio, publisher’s blue blind-stamped morocco, marbled endpapers, marbled slipcase, tan spine label. Limited edition, D/77 of 1,100 copies signed by the author and artist on the limitation page. Minor wear to boards and slipcase; tape residue to endpapers. $200-400
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254 RUSCHA, EDWARD Various Small Fires and Milk. (Los Angeles: Anderson, Ritchie and Simon, 1970).
Small 8vo, black-printed white wrappers, original glassine dust jacket. Illustrated with reproductions of Ruscha’s photographs of small fires including cigarettes, pipes, lighters and matches. Second edition, one of 3,000 copies. Light toning near edges of wrappers; 2-inch tear to upper rear wrapper; otherwise a tight clean copy. $200-400
255 WARHOL, ANDY America. New York: Harper & Row, (1985).
Folio, softbound, photo-pictorial covers. First edition. Signed on the cover in black ink. Signature lightly smudged; laminate puckering. $200-400 256 WARHOL, ANDY Warhol’s Index Book. New York: Random House/ Black Star, 1967.
4to, original photo-pictorial boards with silver hologram design. First edition, first printing, of Warhol’s celebrated pop-up book, with many of the pop-ups in working condition. Backstrip detached; lacking Nico flexi disc and balloon; a few minor tears to pages and some pop-ups. $200-400
257 WARHOL, ANDY Warhol’s Index Book. New York: Random House/ Black Star, 1967.
4to, softcover issue, with silver photographic wraps. Includes the following pop-ups: castle, accordion (silent), airplane, “The Chelsea Girls” spring disc, the geodesic dome on a string (detached), the folding nose, the Hunt’s Tomato paste, the sponge (partial). Andy Warhol blotter fused to pages; some light staining. $600-800 258 (WHISTLER, JAMES MCNEILL) PENNELL, E. R. AND J. The Life of James McNeill Whistler. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1909.
2 vols. 4to, 3/4 morocco over marbled boards, spines lettered and decorated in gilt, marbled endpapers, portrait frontispieces, pages uncut, t.e.g. Illustrated throughout with lithographs and plates by Whistler. Rubbing to boards at edges; hinges starting on vol. 2; light offsetting from some plates; otherwise a tight clean copy. $200-400
259 (PHOTOGRAPHY) ADAMS, ANSEL My Camera in the National Parks; 30 Photographs with Interpretative Text and Informative Material on the Parks and Monuments and Photographic Data. Boston: Virginia Adams, Yosemite National Park and Houghton Mifflin, 1950.
Folio, printed cardboard covers, plastic spiral binding. With 30 black and white photographs. Signed by Adams on the f.f.e.p. Chipping to covers at edges; slight vertical creases to center of covers; dampstain to rear cover; lacking lower third of spiral binding; brownspotting to title page. $100-200
260 (PHOTOGRAPHY) AVEDON, RICHARD Observations. By Truman Capote. New York: Simon and Schuster, (1959).
Folio, publisher’s white boards lettered in silver and matching slipcase in red and blue, glassine wrap. Slipcase toned with light wear; light foxing to boards; otherwise a clean bright copy. $200-400
261 (PHOTOGRAPHY) AVEDON, RICHARD Photographs: 1947-1977. New York: s.n., 1978.
4to, photo-pictorial boards, publisher’s glassine with facsimile signature. Signed by Avedon on the title page, dated 1978. Small scratch to glassine. $200-400 262 (PHOTOGRAPHY) AVEDON, RICHARD Photographs 1947-1977. [Toronto:] Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1978).
Folio, photo-pictorial boards, original glassine printed dust jacket with facsimile signature. First edition. Signed by Avedon to the title page. $300-500
263 (PHOTOGRAPHY) CARTIER-BRESSON, HENRI The Decisive Moment. New York: Simon and Schuster; Paris: Editions Verve, (1952).
Folio, cream boards with original design by Matisse, dust jacket. First American edition, with 126 fullpage gravure photographs by Cartier-Bresson. Text booklet laid-in. Marginal chipping and small dampstain to bottom left of jacket; minor soiling; light toning to boards at edges; spine ends chipped. $1,000-2,000
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264 (ARCHITECTURE) CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS MEMORIAL A collection of five large-scale architectural renderings, hand-colored, for the Christopher Columbus Lighthouse Competition, mounted on wood, unsigned.
Between the years 1928-30 some of the world’s most celebrated architects came together to judge a competition for the proposed Columbus Memorial Lighthouse. Judges included Raymond Hood and Eliel Saarinen (who took first and second place in the Chicago Tribune Competition), Horacio Acosta y Lara, and later Frank Lloyd Wright. Joseph Lea Gleave won first place, but the lighthouse was not built until 1992.
The present architectural plan, unattributed, includes a tall central tower, beneath which stands a five-domed building housing a full narthex with proposed murals (hand-colored), an elaborate altar, and large statue, signalling its use as a mausoleum for the explorer. Size of largest: 30 3/4 x 64 3/4 inches. Property from a Private Collection $2,000-4,000
265* (ARCHITECTURE) WRIGHT, FRANK LLOYD Buildings, Plans and Designs. Text by W. W. Peters. New York: Horizon Press, (1963).
Folio, contents loose as issued in publisher’s clothbacked folder with pastedown orange printed label, silk ties, text booklet laid in. Limited edition reprint of the Wasmuth portfolio of 1910, with 100 plates, number 360C of 2,600 copies of the American edition, of which 2,500 were for sale. Five plates with one edge curled slightly and darkened; some wear to folder with one of the ties torn. Property from the Estate of Charles P. Wood, Chicago, Illinois $300-500 266 (DECORATIVE ARTS) A group of two folios pertaining to ornament and decorative arts.
La Sculpture Decorative. 3eme series. By Henry Rapin. Paris: Ch. Moreau, (1929). Folio, contents loose as issued in printed folder. The Coloured Ornament of All Historical Styles. Part I: Antiquity. By Alexander Speltz. Leipzig: Baumgartner, (1915). Folio, contents loose as issued in printed folder, laid in text booklet. Property from a Wisconsin Collection $200-400 267 (JEWELRY) ROSENTHAL, JOEL A. JAR Paris (Open Sesame). [Paris: Christie’s Wine Publications, 2003].
Folio, publisher’s pink cloth lettered in gold, photopictorial dust jacket and matching slipcase. First edition. Published to coincide with the The Jewels of JAR, Paris exhibition at Somerset House, London, 2002-2003, this remains the ultimate encyclopedia of Joel A. Rosenthal’s work. Accompanied by black canvas tote bag lettered Open Sesame. Light rubbing to boards and slipcase. $600-800
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268 268 (WALT DISNEY) MICKEY MOUSE Two original production celluloids, one on an original production background and one on a Courvoisier background with airbrushing, from the short The Pointer, 1939, gouache on trimmed celluloid applied, depicting (1) Mickey alone (original production background annotated on the verso with cel applied directly to background and (2) Mickey and Pluto, two-cel set-up applied to an overlay on a Courvoiser background. Framed and matted. Size of largest 8 x 11 inches. $7,000-9,000
269 (WALT DISNEY) SILLY SYMPHONY The Three Little Pigs, c. 1933. Three trimmed cels, gouache, applied to an original hand-painted watercolor background with the faintest evidence of annotations in pencil along the bottom edge. Removed from frame. Pasted to a mat. No label to verso. 9 x 18 1/2 inches. $3,000-5,000
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270 (WALT DISNEY) SNOW WHITE Doc and Dopey inspecting rubies, 1937. Original production drawing and lay-out, pencil and gouache on board. Four sections above the characters, delineated in pencil, designate Verse 1, Chorus 2, Verse 2 and Chorus 2. Written in the margin in pencil is the directive “Insert attached copy in spaces indicated when reduced, in an attractive clear type.” Matted. Size of sheet 11 x 8 inches. $800-1,200 271 MOTIF: A JOURNAL OF THE VISUAL ARTS, Ruari Mclean, ed. London: Shenval Press, Nov. 1958Dec. 1964.
8 issues, comprising nos. 1-2, 4-7 and 11. 4to, original pictorial paper boards, decorative endpapers. Illustrations by W.J. Strachan, Edward Ardizzone, Joan Hassell, Lynton Lamb, Fritz Kredel, Roderic Barrett and others. Chipping to edges on most vols.; light soiling to boards; hinges tender. $200-400 272 (ART) A group of 14 books pertaining to art. $200-400
272A (ART) A group of two boxes of art books. $200-400
273 (ART) A group of three boxes of art books. $200-400