Mar 06, 2008 - Sale 2138

Sale 2138 - Lot 399

Unsold
Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
BEN SHAHN
For the Sake of a Single Verse.

Portfolio with complete text, 22 (of 23) lithographs (some printed in colors) and lithograph headpiece, 1968. 570x450 mm; 22 1/2x17 3/4 inches (sheets), full margins, loose as issued.

One of 750 numbered copies on vélin d'Arches, of a total edition of 1000. Signed in red pencil and numbered 29 in pencil on the justification page. Printed by Mourlot, New York. Published by Touchstone, New York.

Original paper covers and linen-covered, gilt-embossed portfolio case. Prescott 113-136.