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Art, Architecture, and Design
373. Louis Daguerre Autograph Letter Signed. French art-
ist and photographer (1787-1851) recognized for his invention of the daguerreotype process of photography. ALS in French, signed “Daguerre,” one page, 5.25 x 7.75, Diorama letterhead, February 11, 1828. Untranslated handwritten letter by Daguerre. In fine condition. Daguerre had invented the diorama, a method of projecting images with light, in 1822, and became quite successful in this pre-cinematic system of animating images. In the same year, Daguerre opened the Diorama theater in Paris to entertain the population by showing an animated landscape. Starting Bid $300
374. Salvador Dali Signed Book. Signed book:
The Autobiography of Benvenuto Callini, Illustrated by Salvador Dali. Limited first edition, 293/1000. NY: Doubleday, 1946. Blue cloth hardcover, 7 x 9.75, 442 pages. Signed on the colophon in fountain pen, “Salvador Dali, 1945.” Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG/None, with minor splitting to paper at front hinge. Starting Bid $200
375. Edgar Degas Autograph
Letter Signed. Important French painter and sculptor (1834–1917) regarded as one of the founders of Impressionism. ALS in French, signed “Degas,” one page, 5 x 3, 1892. Handwritten letter to “Madame Manet,” his fellow painter Berthe Morisot, who was married to Eugène Manet, the brother of her friend and colleague Edouard Manet. In fine condition. Starting Bid $300
Desirable “Campbell’s Soup” sketch inside a first edition of The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
376. Andy Warhol Signed Sketch in Book. Signed book: The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B & Back Again). First edition. NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 241 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first free end page in black felt tip, “To Roberta Balfe, Andy Warhol,” with a full-page sketch of his iconic soup can, marked: “Campbell’s Soup.” In fine condition, with light wear to the unclipped dust jacket, several collector’s notations inside, and a bookplate to the front pastedown. Starting Bid $200
