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344 - Alexander Calder - Erskine Caldwell. *Le Sacrilège d’Alan Kent*. Translated by Marcel Duhamel. Paris, Maeght 1976. With 20 color aquatint etchings, four of which are double-page in size. Loose double-sheet pages in original cover featuring a color etching and original linen slipcase.
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Alexander Calder - Erskine Caldwell. *Le Sacrilège d’Alan Kent*. Translated by Marcel Duhamel. Paris, Maeght 1976. With 20 color aquatint etchings, four of which are double-page in size. Loose double-sheet pages in original cover featuring a color etching and original linen slipcase. Auction start time: approx. 4:19 p.m. (schedule subject to change) One of 140 copies (total print run of 220). - Signed by the artist and author in the colophon; Calder died shortly thereafter, before the book was published. - Printed on Vélin BFK Rives. - Erskine Caldwell’s (1903–1987) novels about the meager lives of impoverished whites and persecuted Blacks in the Southern United States caused a huge stir and drew bitter hostility. In short scenes, the author tells the story of Alan Kent’s childhood, his restless early adult life, and his development as an artist. - A fine copy. 40.0 : 46.0 cm. 91, [9] pages. - The inside of the slipcase has foxing; the spine is faded. The cover has very few tiny foxing spots. English description: With 20 color aquatint etchings, four of which are double-sheet in size. Presented together in the original wrapper featuring a color etching and a slipcase. One of 140 copies (total print run of 220). - Signed by the artist and author in the colophon. - Printed on Vélin de Rives. - Alexander Calder died a few days before the book’s publication. - Erskine Caldwell’s (1903–1987) novels about the miserable lives of impoverished Whites and persecuted Blacks in the Southern United States caused a huge stir and drew bitter hostility. In short scenes, the author tells the story of Alan Kent’s childhood, his restless early adult life, and his development as an artist. - A beautiful copy. Some foxing on the inside of the case; spine faded. Cover with a few tiny spots of foxing.
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