May 05, 2009 - Sale 2179

Sale 2179 - Lot 170

Price Realized: $ 1,560
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
RIGHI, FRANÇOIS; and CASWELL, W.A. Le Barnabooth et autres Bêtes Modernes. 11 Surrealist etchings, each with a facing page of text, accordion folded. 2 volumes. 8vo, publisher's oak boards (184x125 mm; 7 1/4x5 inches) surrounding text volume and plate volume; held together as a single unit by 3 copper fork clasps that slide off to reveal the individual volumes. Paris: Righi and Luc & Pascale Moreau, 1975

Additional Details

number 6 of only 50 copies signed by righi and caswell, this being one of only 5 accompanied by an extra suite of the 11 etchings on Papier du Moulin de Larroque, each signed and numbered by Righi and bound with 2 copper plates embedded on verso of wooden covers.