75. Riopelle, Jean-Paul
Derriere le Miroir. No. 106

Illustrated by Jean-Paul Riopelle.
Paris: Maeght Editeur, 1966
Folio. 29pp.

Jean-Paul Riopelle (1923- ), Canadian abstract painter, sculptor, and graphic artist. Born in Montréal, where he studied art, moved to Paris in 1946. Riopelle's canvases are painted improvisations. After 1950, he squeezed thick strips of paint from the tube, building up mosaic-like patterns of brilliant intensity that also included large areas of white, which create a free, spacious effect. Signed, Limited Edition of 150. Color lithographs and black & white photographic illustrations. Also includes a folded 24.5" x 30.75" lithograph.

100/200     SOLD: $34.50

76. Gill, Eric
Engravings by Eric Gill

Illustrated by Eric Gill.
London: Douglas Cleverdon, 1929
Folio. 152pp.

Full title: [Engravings by Eric Gill; A Selection of Engravings on Wood and Metal representative of his work to the end of the year 1927 with a complete Chronological List of Engravings and a Preface by the Artist.] Limited Edition No. 132 of 480. Black cloth boards with gilt design to cover and text to spine, teg. With 103 plates of engravings, many with a Christian theme.

400/800     SOLD: $891.25

77. Lindsay, Norman
Paintings in Oil

Illustrated by Norman Lindsay.
Sydney: The Shepherd Press, 1945
Limited Edition. Folio. NP

No. 656 of 1000 copies. Green textured boards with gilt design of a half woman/half beast to cover. Fourteen reproduction illustrations in color, sixteen in black and white featuring nude women in an Elizabethan drama theme of mankind. Titles include "Homage to Balzac", "Don Juan", "Pilgrimage to Venus" and "Ladies from Olympus". Norman Lindsay (1879-1969) is arguably one of Australia's greatest artists. He worked in all media - etching, pencil, charcoal, pen and ink and wash drawings, watercolours, oil paintings and sculpture. There are more books by him, about him or illustrated by him than any other Australian artist. Norman Lindsay is represented in every major Australian gallery.

400/800     SOLD: $143.75

78. Roth, Cecil [editor]
The Haggadah

Illustrated by Arthur Szyk.
Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv: Massadah and Alumoth, 1957
Folio.

Bound in blue velvet with gilt desing to cover and lettering to spine. Printed in Hebrew with color decorations, English translation printed in black and brown on facing pages. Color plates. Box is gold-stamped black three-quarter leather with gold-stamped blue cloth, blue velvet lining. Illustrated endpapers.

75/150     SOLD: $247.25

79. Grosz, George
Ecce Homo

Illustrated by George Grosz.
New York: Jack Brussel, 1965
Folio.

Contains one original signed Grosz lithograph, "The Athlete". Limited to 1000 copies. Reproductions of sixteen watercolors and eighty-four drawings. Introduction by Lee Revens.
George Grosz (1893-1959), German-American painter known for his post-World War I caricatures of bourgeois society.

400/800     SOLD: $477.25

80. Chagall, Marc and Jacques Lassaigne
Marc Chagall: The Ceiling of the Paris Opera

New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1966
Broad Quarto.

Sketches Drawings and Paintings. Oringinal lithograph frontispiece plus six lithographs and folding art in back pocket.

300/400     SOLD: $373.75

81. Bush, Martin H.
Ben Shahn: The Passion of Sacco and Vannzetti

Signed by Ben Shahn and Martin H. Bush.

New York: Syracuse University Press, 1968
First Edition. Quarto.

No. 136 of 200.

150/200     SOLD: $149.50