65. Rilke, Rainer Maria and Ben Shahn
For the Sake of a Single Verse - from the Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge.

Signed by Ben Shahn..

New York: Atelier Mourlot for the Ben Shahn Trust, 1968
Limited Edition. Elephant Folio.

No. 144 of 750. This being 1 of 200 with each of the 22 lithographs signed in brown-ochre ink by Ben Shahn (1898-1969). The text Shahn illustrated is selected from M.D. Herter Norton's English translation of "Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge" by Rilke. The German poet Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) wrote this work over a three-year period (1904-1907). Its theme is his protagonist's (and alter ego's) journey to find not only the meaning of life but also the meaning of art. The quest of Malte Laurids Brigge greatly appealed to American painter and graphic artist Ben Shahn, known both for his social realism (notably his paintings on the Sacco-Vanzetti Case) as well as his highly lyrical abstractions. In an afterward to this handsome edition of Rilke's masterwork which he illustrated with bold lithographs characteristic of his trademark economy of means, Shahn described his emotional engagement with its message:
"I was twenty-eight years old; I had just recently arrived in Paris. I had certainly never heard of Rainer Maria Rilke when I found on one of the bookstalls along the Seine a small volume called "Les Cahiers de Malte Laurids Brigge." I was entranced by the writer's observations, not just upon Paris, but on life itself. Malte Brigge had only just arrived in Paris when the notebooks began. He too was twenty-eight. This young man seemed almost to be me [. . .] But there were other and more profound reasons for this kinship. Like every young artist under the sun, I was intent upon finding the deep and abiding way of things. I read the constantly proliferating art literature of the late Twenties in Paris--the manifestos, the tracts, the declarations, the testaments, the confessions, the diaries, the autobiographies, the monographs, always seeking the clue, the magic key to what was what, the elusive ingredient that made art, art, and not just more paint upon canvas, more filled-up space."

10000/15000     SOLD: $8,797.50

66. Jean Wahl.
Marc Chagall: Illustrations for the Bible.

Paris: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1956
Folio.

Color Lithographs of Genesis: Angel with sword, Angel, Angel of Paradise, Abraham and Sarah. Moses: Moses receives the Tables of the Law, Three Moses, Moses, Moses. The Kings: Solomon, David, David, David and Bathsheba. The Prophets: Jeremiah, Isaiah, Daniel, Lamentations of Jeremiah.
Text by Jean Wahl. With an appreciation by Meyer Schapiro. This work is dedicated to the integral reproduction in heliogravure of the 105 etchings made by Marc Chagall, for the illustration of the Bible. The artist specially composed for the present work 16 lithographs in colors and 12 in black as well as the cover and title page. This book constitutes a double number (33-34) of Verve in the French edition. The American edition is published by Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York. It has been produced under the direction of Teriade by the Master Printers Draeger Freres for the heliogravure in black and by Mourlot Freres for the lithography in colors and in black. Printing was completed, in Paris, 1956 on the 10th day of September.
From the Dustjacket: Chagall, famous for the lyric quality of his art, has been in the forefront of contemporary painters for many years. Originally commissioned by the eminent art dealer Ambroise Vollard, Chagall began his epic work in 1930. The artist left Paris in 1931 to travel in Palestine, Syria, and Egypt. Upon his return he began the work on the copperplate engravings that is only now completed [1958].
Signed by Marc Chagall, 1958 Chicago.

4000/8000     SOLD: $4,025.00

67. Carroll, Lewis and Salvador Dali
Alices Adventures in Wonderland

Illustrated by Salvador Dali.
New York: Macecenas/Random House, 1969
Limited Edition. Folio. 150 pp.

No. 549 of 2500. Signed frontispiece by the Salvador Dali,. One original colored etching signed in the plate opposite the frontispiece. 12 full-page colored illustrations with an original remarque on each of these illustrations. Limp gilt, cloth folder, in half-morocco backed fitted box.. Printed on Mandeure paper, unsewn pages.

2000/4000     SOLD: $3,565.00

68. Comments and Captions by Dali.
Dali: A Study of His Art in Jewels.

Greenwich: The New York Graphic Society, 1959
Broad Quarto. 68 pp.

Two page inscription from Salvador Dali.
In slipcase. The Collection of the Owen Cheatham Foundation. Foreward by A. Hyatt Mayor. Comments and Captions by the Artist. Edited by Lida Livingstone.
The Owen Cheatham Foundation, originally established in 1934 to assist charitable and educational projects, completed the acquisition of the Salvador Dali jewels in November, 1958. The jewels have extraordinary appeal as works of art-rare in concept and exquisite in execution.

1500/3000     SOLD: $1,035.00

69. Warhol, Andy with Bob Colacello
Andy Warhol's Exposures

New York: Andy Wharhol Books/Grosset & Dunlap, 1979
Octavo.

Photographs by Andy Warhol.. This is a book of photographs and profiles of his friends by Andy Warhol. Andy Warhol's friends are the stars of rock, fashion, film, society, sports, politics. "My idea of a good picture," writes Warhol, "is one that's in focus and of a famous person doing something unfamous. It's being in the right place at the wrong time."
Signed by Andy Warhol. (dustjacket and title page)

500/1000     SOLD: $345.00

70. Sabartes, Jaime
Picasso Toreros with Four Original Lithographs

New York: George Braziller, 1961
Oblong Quarto. 154 pp.

The four original lithographs by Pablo Picasso were executed especially for this book. Translated from the French by Patrick Gregory. The printing of this book was completed in September 1961 by Draeger Freres. The four original lithographs, one of which is in twenty-four colors, were printed by Mourlot Freres.

1000/2000     SOLD: $1,610.00

71. Weber, Max
Woodcuts and Linoleum Cuts by Max Weber.

New York: E. Weyhe, 1956
Octavo.

No. 65 of 225 copies. Cloth boards in slipcase. Printed from the original blocks at The Spiral Press.
"Most of the woodcuts in this volume were made from the walls of honeycomb cases. The soft silk-like quality of the basswood had a strong plastic appeal. My early technical training and experience in woodwork and the desire to create became the incentive to make a series of woodcuts." Introduction Max Weber
Signed by Max Weber.

500/1000     SOLD: $977.50

72. Barr, Alfred H. Jr. (Matisse)
Matisse: His Art and His Public. The Museum of Modern Art.

New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1951
Octavo.

No. 377 of 495 copies of the First Edition. Signed by the Author and containing an original lithograph by Matisse.
"For years Matisse was the most controversial living painter. The book's many quotations record how he was attacked, slyly or with blundering fury, and of how he was supported with hammer-and-tongs enthusiasm by English critics, German painters, Scandinavian pupils, a Russian businessman who was the world's greatest collector of 20th-Century painting, and above all by Americans-Leo and Sarah Stein, Bernard Berenson, Edward Steichen, Alfred Stieglitz, Walter Pach-who, four decades ago, fought for his art in Paris and New York." Barr.
Dustjacket, in slipcase.

500/1000     SOLD: $977.50

73. Shahn, Ben
Love and Joy About Letters

Signed by By Ben Shahn..
Illustrated by Ben Shahn.
New York: Grossman Publishers, 1963
First Edition. Oblong Quarto. 79 pp..

Signed by Ben Shahn. Color illustrated cloth covers. Calligraphic artwork in black and white and color, with many of the drawings involving the Hebrew alphabet.

150/300     SOLD: $69.00

74. Steinberg, Saul
Derriere le Miroir. No. 132

Illustrated by Saul Steinberg.
Paris: Maeght Editeur, 1966
Folio. 20 pp.

Limited Edition 1/150. Romanian-born artist Saul Steinberg [1914-1999] has been recording his unique interpretation of America since arriving here in 1940. His playful illustrations have graced the cover of the New Yorker magazine. For this edition of "Derriere le Miroir", his eclectic, elaborate line drawings are coupled with color lithographs including images of the Chrysler building. Signed by Steinberg.

75/150     SOLD: $385.25