Nov 20, 2008 - Sale 2164

Sale 2164 - Lot 141

Unsold
Estimate: $ 25,000 - $ 35,000
ROBERT MOTHERWELL
Ulysses by James Joyce.

Portfolio with complete text, 40 etchings (22 images, printed in black with color backgrounds, and 18 Roman numerals) and an additional suite of 22 aquatints printed in black with color backgrounds, 1985-88. 320x240 mm; 12 5/8x9 1/2 inches (portfolio sheets), full margins, bound as issued; 330x253 mm; 13x10 inches (additional suite sheets), loose as issued.

The deluxe edition of 40 with the additional suite. Signed and numbered "2" on the justification page. Each of the prints in the additional suite signed and numbered 2/40 in pencil, lower right. Printed by Robert Townsend, Georgetown, Massachusetts. Published by the Arion Press, San Francisco.

Original white leather and blue cloth binding and slipcase. Very good impressions with vibrant colors. Belknap 385-405.