Jun 09, 2011 - Sale 2250

Sale 2250 - Lot 86

Price Realized: $ 1,440
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
IRENE RICE PEREIRA
The Lapis.

Group of 5 watercolor and gouache studies on cream wove paper, 1954. Each 300x390 mm; 12x15 1/2 inches. Each signed and dated 12/25/54 in ink, lower right. Each titled and inscribed with numerous notations in pen and ink and brush in the margins.

With--The Lapis, bound volume with complete text and numerous color illustrations, 1957. 525x350 mm; 20 3/4x14 inches (sheets), bound as issued.

One of 53 numbered copies with the watercolors, aside from a total edtion of 553. Signed and numbered 20 in red ink on the justification page. Counter-signed and dedicated in black ink on the justification page. Published by George Wittenborn, Inc., New York. Original printed paste board portfolio.