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1952 IMPROVISATIONS. ARTISTS EQUITY MASQUERADE BALL; SPRING FANTASIA
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No dust jacket
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Artists Equity Association, 1952. First edition. Comb-Binding. Very Good/No dust jacket. Large Quarto. [12]pp. plus 99 leaves. Copy #1537 of two thousand numbered copies. Plastic comb bound stiff pictorial card covers. 99 lithographed sheets, printed on rectos only, with color lithographs on rectos and versos of covers. Byron Browne, Adolf Dehn, Sol Wilson and Ruth Reeves created the color works for the covers, and Milton Avery, T.L. Feininger, Antonio Frasconi, Chaim Gross, John Groth, Jacob Lawrence, Ben Shahn, Raphael Soyer and Max Weber were among the contributors to the internal plates, a few in colors, but the majority monochrome. "Each page was designed by the artist directly on the litho plate, thus making this a collection of original lithographs" - prefatory note. A few artists contributed more than once, and while the majority are signed in the plate, a few are not. Minor chipping at outter edge and lower right-hand corner of front cover. Some minor chipping to left-hand corner of rear cover.Front & Rear covers loosened about 1" from top/bottom.
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Details
- Bookseller
- ANTHOLOGY BOOKSELLERS
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21258
- Title
- 1952 IMPROVISATIONS. ARTISTS EQUITY MASQUERADE BALL; SPRING FANTASIA
- Format/Binding
- Comb-Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Artists Equity Association
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1952
- Keywords
- Lithographs , , , ,
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- Illustrated Books;
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About the Seller
ANTHOLOGY BOOKSELLERS
Biblio member since 2005
Portland, Oregon
About ANTHOLOGY BOOKSELLERS
We are a independent bookstore doing business primarily on the internet, book shows and by appointment, specializing in out-of-print and rare books in the Arts, Literature and Humanities.
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- Quarto
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