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377 - Robert Motherwell - Rafael Alberti. *El Negro*. Lithographs by Robert Motherwell. Poem by Rafael Alberti. Bedford, NY: Tyler Graphics, 1983. Includes 19 lithographs, 14 of which are in color; some are full-sheet size, others are folded once or multiple times. Loose sheets with a double print of the 20th lithograph as endpapers in an original buckram slipcase.
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Robert Motherwell - Rafael Alberti. *El Negro*. Lithographs by Robert Motherwell. Poem by Rafael Alberti. Bedford, NY: Tyler Graphics, 1983. Includes 19 lithographs, 14 of which are in color; some are full-sheet size, others are folded once or multiple times. Loose sheets with a double print of the 20th lithograph as endpapers in an original buckram slipcase. Auction start time: approx. 4:41 p.m. (schedule subject to change) One of 51 copies; an additional 21 are not available on the market. - Print mark signed by the artist. - On handmade paper bearing the publisher’s watermark. - For this beautiful artist’s book featuring magnificent lithographs—some spanning three sheets—the foreword, the bilingual text, and the colophon were also printed from aluminum plates. Belknap 268–291. — Engberg & Banach 308 43.0 × 42.0 cm. (slipcase). [84] pages. — Slipcase shows heavy foxing on both the exterior and interior. - The first color lithograph (front endpaper) is foxed; thereafter, foxing is only very sporadic. English description: Includes 19 lithographs, 14 of which are in color; some are full-sheet size, others are folded once or multiple times. Loose sheets featuring a double print of the 20th lithograph as endpapers, housed in an original buckram case. One of 51 copies; an additional 21 are not available on the market. - Colophon signed by the artist. - On handmade paper bearing the publisher’s watermark. - For this beautiful artist’s book, featuring magnificent lithographs—some of which are three-sheet in size—the foreword, the bilingual text, and the colophon were also printed from aluminum plates. Case shows heavy foxing on both the inside and outside. The first color lithograph (front endpaper) is foxed; thereafter, foxing is very occasional.
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