WITH A GOUACHE AND TWO INK DRAWINGSRED GROOMS and MIMI GROSS. A Book of Drawings, with original gouache illustration. 17 reproductions of drawings plus Index. 8vo, plain linen; dust jacket, soiled and with moderate surface wear. Florence, 1961.Florence, 1961
signed by gross and grooms and hand-numbered 46/700. with original gouache drawing by gross, two ink drawings by grooms, and an Autograph Note Signed by Gross, all laid in. The gouache is of a seated Italian peddler with cart, 215x135 mm, on stiff board, with cellotape on verso holding a piece of mylar guard, offsetting to first illustration where laid into book. One ink drawing is similar to the first illustration in the book, with "Il Piccolo Circo d'Ombra di Firenze" printed on package on horse cart, 110x153 mm; the other, a self portrait of Red and Mimi on a hilltop overlooking a village, sketching side by side, 144x215 mm. Gross's accompanying note, to the recipient of the book and drawings, apologizes for her delay in sending them.
