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[ARTIST’S BOOK]. ALBERS, Josef (1888-1976). Interaction of Color. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1963.
[ARTIST’S BOOK]. BASKIN, Leonard (1922-2000). Laus Pictorum. Northampton: Gehenna Press, 1969.
Folio. 80 silk-screened folders, many with flaps, cut-out overlays or other variables, demonstrating a profusion of colors and color combinations. Folders loose as issued with commentary booklet in cloth folding case, accompanied by text volume in cloth; original cloth slipcase.
Folio (356 x 280 mm). 10 wood engravings and 5 etchings, each SIGNED AND NUMBERED BY BASKIN in pencil lower margin, each laid into window mount lettered in blind. Loose as issued in original brown morocco chemise; original morocco-backed folding case (corners slightly rubbed).
FIRST EDITION of one of the most important tools in teaching art.
LIMITED EDITION, number 45 of 175 copies with a single set of matted portraits of a total edition of 402.
$2,500-3,500
$500-700
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[ARTIST’S BOOK]. CHAGALL, Marc (1887-1985). Jerusalem Windows. New York: George Braziller, 1962.
[ARTIST’S BOOK]. DALI, Salvador (1904-1989). Paternoster. Milan: Rizzoli Editore, 1966.
4to (326 x 245 mm). 2 original color lithographs by Chagall, numerous illustrations. Publisher’s red cloth (some slight fading to spine); original printed dust jacket (slight wear to top edge, a few very short tears); clear acetate jacket.
4to (405 x 333 mm). 8 offset lithographs after Dali, one additional color plate, original printed tissue guards. Original blue silk gilt (lacking acetate jacket, some fading or minor staining, some wear to small portions of joints). Provenance: Gift inscription in ink, 15 July 1967.
FIRST EDITION, illustrating Chagall’s designs for 12 stained glass windows for the synagogue at Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center in Jerusalem.
LIMITED EDITION, one of 900 unsigned copies, of a total edition of 1200. $300-400
$400-500
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