Dec 04, 2014 - Sale 2369

Sale 2369 - Lot 335

Price Realized: $ 195
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
(REX BRASHER.) Small archive of collotypes, a letter, and newspaper clippings. 10 black and white photomechanical reproductions of original paintings by Brasher (one signed and numbered by Brasher, possibly proofs for Birds and Trees of North America.), each 305x410 mm sheet size; a smaller reproduction; an autograph letter from Dr. Robert Cushman Murphy, prominent ornithologist, to Knoedler and Company, regarding Brasher's work; a prospectus for Birds and Trees; an article from the New York Times and one from the Washington Post; and a supplementary sheet issued to original subscribers to Birds and Trees, detailing press coverage of the book. Very good condition. [United States, mid-20th century]
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This material was sent by Dr. Cushman Murphy, Lamont Curator of Birds at the American Museum of Natural History, to William Davidson, of Knoedler and Company, apparently in an effort to arrange the sale of some of Brasher's original paintings. Each of the prints is inscribed with information about the size and status of the original work, in ink, all but one on verso. An interesting additive group, certainly a worthy accompaniment to a set of Brasher's works.