May 05, 2009 - Sale 2179

Sale 2179 - Lot 171

Price Realized: $ 6,240
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
RIVERS, LARRY; and SOUTHERN, TERRY. The Donkey and the Darling. 52 color lithographs, each signed by both and numbered, 455x535 mm; 17 7/8x21 inches, sheets. Folio, loose as issued in green lacquered wood box with hand-blown glass inset. New York: ULAE, 1967-77

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number XIV of XXXV copies signed by rivers and southern. A sumptuous work printed on handmade paper with watermarks of the author and artist and with the ULAE blindstamps. The project took ten years to complete and was extremely complicated to produce. It follows a narrative format and is a true collaboration, with image and text on the same sheet. Rivers loved working with the rough, handmade paper chosen by the project's director, Tatyana Grossman. Sparks 59-115.