Dec 11, 2012 - Sale 2298

Sale 2298 - Lot 272

Price Realized: $ 16,800
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 14,000 - $ 18,000
SMITH, JACK.
The Beautiful Book.

With 19 original photographs of Warhol superstars Francis Francine and Mario Montez in addition to Smith, and other avant-garde performers. Silver prints, 2 1/4 inches (5.7 cm.) square; several are upside down or detached. 4to, original stiff wrappers with black silkscreen and yellow lettering cover design by Marian Zazeela, soiled; scattered discoloration and small stains. first edition, one of a planned edition of 200 copies (of which 60 were apparently produced).
New York: Dead Language Press [Piero Heliczer], 1960-1962

Additional Details

Gifted by Piero Heliczer to Michael Perkins, circa 1966. Perkins is a collector and the former proprietor of Tompkins Square Books, New York City.