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404 - Timothy Ely - Terence McKenna. Synesthesia. New York, Granary Books 1992. With watercolors and ink drawings. Original object binding in a black linen slipcase.

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€500

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Estimation

€500 - 750

Sale fees

32%

Timothy Ely - Terence McKenna. Synesthesia. New York, Granary Books 1992. With watercolors and ink drawings. Original object binding in a black linen slipcase. Auction start time: approx. 4:59 p.m. (schedule subject to change) One of 55 copies; an additional 20 were published “hors commerce”; each book is unique due to its individual hand-painting. - Colophon signed by the artist and author. - Printed on BFK Rives paper, two sheets each mounted on cardboard. - The texts are set in letterpress using Philip Gallo’s typeface, printed at The Hermetic Press. - Bindings crafted by Daniel E. Kelm: Black cover with blind embossing, tinted with bronze and featuring an applied metal object. Stitched without a spine onto three black cord bands. One of only 75 copies, signed by McKenna and Ely. - An artist’s book containing drawn and painted images by Timothy C. Ely, set against text written by Terence McKenna, with typography by Philip Gallo. On Rives BFK paper in pairs on single sheets, wrapped around and pasted onto thick card stock and adorned with original watercolor paintings by Ely; sewn binding with brass rods securing the text block to black embossed paper-covered boards with a decorative brass piece affixed to the upper board, housed in an original black cloth chemise case with a printed paper title label on the spine. - Mint condition. 24.5 × 18.3 cm. [40] pages.

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Auction details

Auction 34: Art & Books - Special Catalog: 20th-Century Artist's Books / Renker Collection, Part 2
Saturday, November 21
12:00 PM
86 A Osterbekstraße
22083 Hamburg, Germany

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Christian Hesse Auktionen +49 4 06 94 54 247 mail@hesse-auktionen.de
On Drouot for 4 years avec More than 1,000 lots published

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