May 12, 2011 - Sale 2247

Sale 2247 - Lot 127

Price Realized: $ 1,140
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
MÉRIDA, CARLOS. Mexican Costume * Dances of Mexico. Together, 2 portfolios. 25 and 10 color lithographed plates of brightly colored costumes and dancers by Mérida. Folio, contents loose as issued in publisher's cloth and board portfolios, moderate wear; plates with light to moderately toned corners on rectos and versos from having been mounted, scattered light marginal soiling and offsetting to recto of previous plate; second title has heavier and more scattered wear including small puncture in center of images, sometimes inconspicuous, scattered foxing. Mexican Costume is 1 of 1000 copies and Dances of Mexico is one of only 100 copies. Still an attractive collection of plates. Should be seen. Chicago: Lakeside Press, 1941; New York, nd