Nov 09, 2021 - Sale 2587

Sale 2587 - Lot 272

Price Realized: $ 3,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
TUTTLE, RICHARD. The Altos. Poems by Barbara Guest. 11 hand-colored softground etchings by Tuttle on Somerset. Folio, 17 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches; 440 x 365 mm, publisher's full white morocco, front cover stamped in blind; original thin card slipcase. Number 29 of 80 copies, signed by the artist and the poet. Colophon: "The Altos is a book by richard tuttle and barbara guest - richard tuttle handcolored his softground etchings - the poems of barbara guest are hand-set in 30 point sans serif type - the book was printed by richard urban with the assistance of karen tossavainen, mike shea, mark mazziotti, jeffrey decoster and sallie moore - bound by klaus-ullrich s. rötzscher - the paper is somerset 300gsm - there are 80 arabic numbered examples of the book and xl roman numbered proofs, hors commerce - designed by richard tuttle and hank hine." San Francisco: Hine Editions/Limestone Press, 1991