Jun 10, 2015 - Sale 2387

Sale 2387 - Lot 170

Price Realized: $ 375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
CHWAST, SEYMOUR. The Hat: A Book of Woodcuts. 18 accordion-folded leaves opening to 126 inches containing 15 color woodcuts illustrating the history of the hat from 2000 BC to 2000 AD. Wood type text running in continuation along the top. 8vo, color woodcut wrappers. Printed by Leonard Seastone at the Tideline Press. West Sayville: Tideline Press, (2004)

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number 4 of only 100 copies signed by chwast and seastone. In her Introduction, Cecelia Holland celebrates the hat, which has "witnessed every step of human history" which is expressed by humorous, colorful woodcuts by Chwast.