May 05, 2009 - Sale 2179

Sale 2179 - Lot 41

Price Realized: $ 1,320
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(CHARLOT, JEAN.) Claudel, Paul. Picture Book. Translated into English by Elise Cavanna. 32 lithographs by Charlot. 4to, printed wrappers, some toning and edgewear. Text handset by Lynton R. Kistler; printed at the plant of Will Kistler; designed by Merle Armitage * Picture Book II. Color lithographs by Charlot. 4to, pictorial wrappers and slipcase. Number 992 of 1000 copies signed by Charlot and Kistler. Housed together in a custom green cloth clamshell box with spine label. New York, 1933; 1973

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number 223 of 500 copies signed by charlot, kistler and armitage."The beautiful illustrations in this book, typical of Charlot's Mexican figure style, are these lithographs, drawn by the artist on zinc plates rather than stones"--The Artist & The Book 54.