Holiday 2023 Catalogue

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161. [Literature & Art] Lautrec, Toulouse. (1864–1901) .
"Ta Bouche" - Original 1893 Sheet Music Lithograph

Ta Bouche from Les Vieilles Histoires. Signed on the stone with the artist’s monogram device lower left. First edition of the sheet music edition published in 1893. Lithograph in black on China paper with stencil coloring, published by G. Ondet, Paris, printed by Joly, Paris. Delteil 21; Adhémar 25; Adriani 30. Read More...

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162. [Literature & Art] Lawrence, Jacob. (1917–2000)[Ellen Harkins Wheat].
Jacob Lawrence. American Painter. - SIGNED

Seattle: Seattle Art Museum. 1986. Oversize 4to softcover. 235 pp, including six chapters, a chronology, checklist of the exhibition with thumbnail illustrations etc. Inscribed and signed on the red ffe "For Alan" and dated 8/26/86, likely to someone associated with the museum, with a Seattle Museum business card of Helen Abbott, Public Relations Manager, laid in.  An attractive signed example of this stunning catalog for the career retrospective Seattle Art Museum exhibition of the important American artist who taught at the University of Washington from 1971 to 1986. With 4 paperclip indentations to page edges, some dog eared lower page corners, and notations in black pen to a number of pages, especially in the exhibition checklist.  Read More...

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163. [Literature & Art] Lichtenstein, Roy. (1923–1997).
Die Zeichnungen 1961–1986 - SIGNED

Munich: Hirmer. 1988. Collection of the American pop artist's drawings from 1961 to 1986, signed and inscribed by the artist on the half-title: "To Friedrich Apel / Roy Lichtenstein '88." 201,(1) pp. Oblong 8vo. Hardcover, blue cloth, dust jacket with detail of one of Lichtenstein's drawings. Some light edge wear to dust jacket, but overall very fine. 10 x 9.5 inches (26 x 24 cm).

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164. [Literature & Art] [Lovett/Cadagnone] Lovett, John. (b. 1962) & Cadagnone, Alessandro. (1967-2019).
"The Mall, Allentown," 1996

The Mall, Allentown.  Chromogenic photograph of the performance artist duo, whose work examined the ways in which power is encoded in language, behavior, and collective identities.  In very fine condition.  Framed to 16 x 20 inches (40.6 x 50.8 cm.).

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165. [Literature & Art] [Magritte, René. (1898-1967) AFTER] Magritte, Georgette. (1901-1986).
La valse hésitation (The Hesitation Waltz), 1971

Aquatint and etching in colors on handmade flecked paper, after the 1955 painting, signed in pencil by the artist's wife Georgette Magritte to lower left and annotated 'E.A.' (an épreuve d'artiste, aside from the edition of 150) lower right.  Kaplan/Baum 13. Unexamined out of frame, apparently in fine condition.  Framed to 31 x 24 inches (78.7 x 61 cm.). Read More...

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166. [Literature & Art] Magritte, René. (1898–1967) [Nougé, Paul. (1895–1967)].
"René Magritte Ou Les Images Défendues" – INSCRIBED TO THE PRINTER

Bruxelles: Les Auteurs Associés. [1943]. First. 12mo. 65 pp. Illustrated with 19 b/w ​​reproductions including one on the cover. Warmly inscribed in blue ink by Magritte on the half title to the publishers of the work "felicite les Établissements generaux d'Imprimerie pour leur beau travai,l" congratulating the printers (as recorded at the end of the volume, the "Établissements Généraux d’Imprimerie") "for their fine work,"dated 15/12/1943 and surrounding his signature with a small geometric drawing.  Ref: Mariën, Surr. in Belgium, p. 333. Scattered foxing and toning, overall a fine copy.  Read More...

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167. [Literature & Art] Matisse, Henri. (1869-1954).
Maquette for a Baptismal Certificate, 1937

Original maquette for a baptismal certificate by the important painter, draughtsman, printmaker and sculptor. The design, in black ink and blue gouache surrounded by a red border, touched in white, features the name François and the baptismal date of May 26, 1937, surrounded by flowers and the words "Il n'est pas necessaire d'espérer pour entreprendre et de réussir pour persévérer" ("One need not hope in order to undertake something, nor succeed in order to persevere.") Together with an autograph letter signed ("Henri Matisse"), 1 p, 4to, Nice, February 8, 1938, to M. Prade[?], transmitting the maquette. Drawing laid down, both pieces somewhat toned. 18 x 18 cm; 7 x 7.2 inches. Nicely presented in a double-sided frame under UV-Plexi. Read More...

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168. [Literature & Art] Mitoraj, Igor. (1944-2014).
Sculpture pour Christofle France, 1977

Silver plated metallic sculpture of a bandaged face designed by the Polish artist and sculptor for the French company that introduced electrolytic gilding and silver plating to France in 1842.  Etched inscription reading "Bonne année / 1977 / Bouilhet" to verso.  In very fine condition.  2.5 x 2.25 x 1.5 inches (6.5 x 6 x 4 cm.). Read More...

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169. [Literature & Art] [Mouse Trap].
CDV Photograph

Unusual still-life carte de visite photograph, ca. 1880s, of a mouse ensnared in an intricate homemade mouse trap.  The peculiar trap has been arranged in an open facing box, with an open pocket knife perched on top and adding to the somewhat threatening and surreal nature of the composition.  Photographer's stamp to verso.  Light scratching to surface and mild toning throughout; overall fine.  Photograph 2.5 x 4.25 inches (6.35 x 10.8 cm.); matted to an overall size of 8 x 10 inches (20.3 x 25.4 cm.).

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170. [Literature & Art] Neiman, LeRoy. (1921–2012).
An American in Paris - SIGNED

New York: Harry N. Abrams. 1994. First. Folio. 153 pages. Publisher's cloth. Inscribed and signed by the artist "To De de Dede / with love," in red ink, on the half-title, additionally dated. Small hole in backstrip; dust jacket with small hole in spine panel, minor closed tears at edges, faint scattered soiling, else fine.  Read More...

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171. [Literature & Art] [Picasso, Pablo. (1881–1973) & Matisse, Henri. (1869-1954)] [McBride, Henry (1867 - 1962)] Flanner, Janet. (1892 - 1978).
"Men and Monuments" - Inscribed to Henry McBride

New York: Harper & Brothers. 1957. First. Hardcover in dustjacket. 8vo. 297 pp. Inscribed on the second ffe in blue fountain pen ink "To Mr. Henry McBride, herein cited but everywhere known as a lover of modern art, its friend and helper, its valliant [sic] aid and critic in New York - Faithfully, Janet Flanner." The aforementioned name citation in the present volume's index (p. 295) has been identified in red pencil, presumably by McBride himself. "From the Collection of Henry McBride Art Critic" sticker to inside front cover, purple/black cloth slightly toned, in a worn dustjacket, else fine. An extraordinary association copy. Read More...

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172. [Literature & Art] Prince, Richard. (b.1949).
Untitled (Jawbone), 2016

C-print from the Edition 36 of 100 published by Karma, New York. 18 x 12 in. (45.7 x 30.4 cm.); sheet 18 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. (46.9 x 31.8 cm.).  Signed, dated and numbered verso 'Prince 85/100 2016'.

On the occasion of performances by The Glenn Branca Ensemble: The Third Ascension at The Kitchen NYC, the American painter and photographer created this limited edition print. 

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173. [Literature & Art] Raffaello Sanzio Da Urbino (1483 - 1520) [AFTER] .
Study of Erato, for 'The Parnassus'

Study for the figure of the muse seated to the right of Apollo in Raphael's fresco of Parnassus, painted in c.1510-11 in the Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican. In the fresco the figure is depicted holding a kithara, an attribute generally associated with Erato, the muse ruling over music.  Pen and ink on cream laid paper in an unknown hand, ca. 1650-1750, mounted to a secondary sheet. 9.5 x 11.25 in.[ 243 x 285 mm] matted, 14x 16 in. Unidentified collector stamp RU lower left (not in Lugt). Soiled, minor paper loss lower left, a few abrasions to surface, else fine. Read More...

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174. [Literature & Art] Rosenquist, James. (1933-2017) & Castelli, Leo. (1907 - 1999) [Susan Brundage, ed.].
The Big Paintings: Thirty Years - SIGNED

New York: Rizzoli. 1994. First. Oblong folio. 12.5 x 15.25 inches.  Signed "best regards" by Rosenquist, and "With best wishes" by Castelli, each on the half-title and additionally dated by both. Unpaginated. Minor bumping to edges, faint scattered soiling, overall fine.  Read More...

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175. [Literature & Art] Saint Laurent, Yves. (1936–2008).
"Yves Saint Laurent par Yves Saint Laurent. Préface de Bernard-Henri Lévy." Inscribed WITH AN ORIGINAL DRAWING ON NEW YEAR'S EVE

Paris: Musee des arts de la mode. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover, grey cloth. 221 pp. Half title inscribed and signed on New Year's Eve with a striking original drawing in the hand of the French fashion designer regarded as one of the greatest names in fashion history. The drawing in pencil, inscribed in ink to a former YSL model and friend Kris Lovimaskaia, "Pour Kriss / Son Ami / Yves / Paris / Le 31 Decembre, 1986."  DJ with tears around the edges, repaired with tape and partly affixed to boards along lower edges, else fine throughout. Read More...

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176. [Literature & Art] [Senses] [Underwood & Underwood].
The Five Senses. Set of stereographic photographs

Set of five pairs of stereographic photographs, each illustrating one of the five senses and, at the same time, telling a story.  By Underwood & Underwood Publishers, New York, London, Toronto-Canada, Ottawa-Kansas, 1905.  Each pair of photographs mounted to solid, concave cardboard plate to be inserted in a stereoscopic viewer (viewer not included).  3.5 x 7 inches (8.8 x 17.8 cm).  In very fine condition.  The sequence: Read More...

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177. [Literature & Art] Sontag, Susan. (1993 - 2004) [Howard, Richard. (1929- 2022) & Friedman, Sanford. (1928-2010).
The Benefactor - Inscribed to Richard Howard & Sanford Friedman

New York: Farrar, Straus & Co. . 1963. First Edition. First printing. .

Octavo (22cm); Black cloth over black paper-covered boards; dark gray topstain; titles in white and green on spine; xii,274pp. Inscribed on verso of front free endpaper: "For Sandy& Richard and Richard&Sandy / from Susan / with much love," undated but contemporary with publication. With occasional underlining and marginalia in the hand of Richard Howard, including a few notes to the ffe and rear jacket flap.  With some staining to the fore-edge in the final approximately 70 pp, barely coming round the margins in most cases and otherwise a tight and generally fine copy throughout. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $4.50 on front flap); toned, with small losses to upper spine edge and a taped repair to right front.  Read More...


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178. [Literature & Art] [Stevens, Wallace. (1879-1955)].
Chair from the Wallace Stevens Collection (ca. 1930)

Wooden chair of cross-back form, with painted floral decorations to the back, arms, and legs, ca. 1930, owned and used by the Pulitzer-Prize winning American Modernist poet. Formerly displayed in the now closed Wallace Stevens Room at Fort Andross in Brunswick, Maine and acquired directly from the Curator, Alison Johnson, Author of Wallace Stevens: A Dual Life as Poet and Insurance Executive and Producer/Director/Writer of The World of Wallace Stevens. Stevens's grandson, Peter "Zeke" Hanchak, has noted that Wallace Stevens kept his small secretary and this chair in his sitting room in CT, which was to the right at the top of the stairway. That secretary, which now resides in the Poetry Room at Harvard, has floral paintings on it that are very similar to the ones on the present chair.

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179. [Literature & Art] [Toy].
Two-Face Pipsqueak Toy

Pipsqueak toy of plaster, fabric and string, decorated with two faces, American, late-19th century.  2.25 x 2 inches (5.7 x 5 cm.). Fabric torn, else fine.

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180. [Literature & Art] [Voltaire. (1694-1778)] [Huber, Jean. (1721-1786)] Holloway, Thomas. (1748-1827).
"Voltaire after Hubert" – Original Etching

Original etching by English painter and engraver Thomas Holloway, ca. 1791, who created these thirty-three head portraits of the French philosopher after illustrations by Swiss painter Jean Huber for Johann Caspar Lavater's Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind, London, Bensley, 1789-98.  Toning and scattered foxing, irregularly trimmed, overall in fine condition.  7.5 x 9.25 inches (19 x 23.5 cm.). Read More...

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