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421 - Helen Frankenthaler. This is not a Book. Mount Kisco, NY: Tyler Graphics, 1997. Features nine full-page intaglio prints, some with stencil coloring, and two color lithographs as the front and main title pages. Original half-leather binding with gold-stamped title on the spine (Judith Ivry).

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€800 - 1,200

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32%

Helen Frankenthaler. This is not a Book. Mount Kisco, NY: Tyler Graphics, 1997. Features nine full-page intaglio prints, some with stencil coloring, and two color lithographs as the front and main title pages. Original half-leather binding with gold-stamped title on the spine (Judith Ivry). Call time: approx. 5:10 p.m. (Schedule subject to change) One of 50 copies. - Colophon signed by the artist. - Twelve copper engravings, 30 photogravures, and aquatint etchings, as well as four pochoir stencils, were created over the course of three years for this print. - Printed on heavy handmade paper by Tom Stranese and John Hutcheson. - The book, which is not a book, contains an introduction titled “Apologia” and “Notes” by Helen Frankenthaler. 27.5 × 64.0 cm. [18] leaves. - Spine faded; covers show some foxing. - The first and last four leaves show slight foxing; the prints are in very good condition. English description: With nine full-page gravures, some with pochoir coloring, and two color lithographs serving as the half-title and title. Original half-leather binding with gold-stamped title on the spine (Judith Ivry). One of 50 copies. - Colophon signed by the artist. - Twelve copperplate engravings, 30 photogravures and aquatint etchings, as well as four pochoir stencils, were created over the course of three years for this edition. - Printed on heavy mold-made paper by Tom Stranese and John Hutcheson. - The book, which is not a book, contains an introduction titled “Apologia” and “Notes” by Helen Frankenthaler. The spine is faded; the cover has some foxing. - The first and last four pages have slight foxing; the prints are in very good condition.

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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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