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Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
Group of 7 illustrated books.
LÉON GISCHIA. The Phoenix and the Turtle by William Shakespeare. Portfolio with 5 woodcuts printed in sanguine, 1944. Edition of 225. Printed numbered "110" on the justification page. Printed by L'Imprimérie Union, Paris. Published by Raoul Mortier, Paris * JOHN PIPER. English Scottish and Welsh Landscape. Bound volume with 12 color lithographs, 1944. Printed by Curwen Press, London. Published by Frederick Muller, London * ROBERT COLQUHOUN. Poems of Sleep and Dream by Carol Stewart. Bound volume with complete text and 18 lithographs (including cover and duplicate on dust jacket), 1947. Printed by W. S. Cowell, Ipswich. Published by Frederick Muller, London * EUGÈNE NESTOR DE KERMADEC. Le Verre d'Eau. Bound volume with 40 lithographs (18 printed in color), 1949. Edition of 100. Signed by de Kermadec and Ponge in blue ink and stamped numbered "41" on the justification page and dedicated to Curt Valentin in blue ink on the title page. Printed by Mourlot, Paris. Published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris * GERHARD MARCKS. Jonah. Portfolio with 9 woodcuts, 1950. Edition of 300, plus a posthumous edition of 280, printed in 1982. Signed in pencil on the colophon and dedicated to Curt Valentin in blue ink on the front endpaper. Printed by Richard von Sichowsky, Hamburg. Published by Grillen-Presse, Hamburg * ANTONIO FRASCONI. Woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi. Bound volume with 29 woodcuts printed in black and 5 woodcuts printed in color (including cover and slipcase) on handmade Hosho Japan paper, 1957. Edition of 500. Signed and numbered "38" in black ink on the colophon. Printed by The Spiral Press, New York. Published by E. Weyhe, New York. With the original cardboard slipcase * ANTONIO FRASCONI. Birds from my Homeland. Bound volume with 13 hand-colored woodcuts on handmade Hosho Japan paper, 1958. Edition of 200. Signed and numbered "143" in black ink on the justification page. Printed by Igal Roodenko, New York. Published by the artist. Various sizes and conditions.
Property of The Museum of Modern Art, New York; sold to benefit the Acquisitions Fund.
