Jan 24, 2013 - Sale 2300

Sale 2300 - Lot 225

Unsold
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
BENI MONTRESOR. Bedtime.
14 finished ink studies for his book "Bedtime!" Various sizes, average sheet measures 254x381 mm; 10x15 inches, most with pencil comments, captions, measurements, or other indications rectos and versos, scattered remnants of adhesive, mostly marginal. Circa 1978.

Additional Details

Rich and detailed ink studies for Montresor's fantastical work about a boy named Daniel who enters into a world of angels and devils, feeding on the nightmares and dreams associated with the dread of "bedtime." A First Edition of the book is included in the lot. Oblong 4to, pictorial boards; dust jacket, finger soiled and lightly edgeworn. New York: Harper & Row, (1978).