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ALEXANDER CALDER Santa Claus by E. E. Cummings.
Portfolio with complete set of 9 etchings on grand vélin d'Arches, 1974. 665x505 mm; 19 3/4x25 3/4 inches (sheets), full margins, loose as issued.
Each etching signed and numbered XXIII/CLXXV in pencil, lower right. Published by Éditions de l'Herne, Paris. Very good impressions.
With—Calder's Circus. Portfolio with complete text and 16 offset lithographs, 1964. 324x432 mm; 12 3/4x17 inches (sheets), loose as issued. Co-published by Art in America and Perls Galleries, New York. Original linen portfolio. Very good impressions * A Bestiary. Bound volume with illustrations by Calder and text compiled by Richard Wilbur, 1955. 315x238 mm; 12 1/2x9 inches (sheets), full margins, bound as issued. One of 750 signed and numbered copies. Signed by both the artist and Wilbur and numbered "7" in ink on the justification page. Printed by Spiral Press, New York. Published by Pantheon Books, New York. Original leather and printed cloth cover and pasteboard slipcase.
