SERMILIK FJORD [Original Color Lithograph] by Kent, Rockwell - 1931

Purple silk covered boards with gilt lettering to front; black title to spine & gilt decoration to rear. Includes a ten foot x 16.5 inch folded print entitled Daisekai no Saku "Ken" Kamigami Yori Jinrui E. Jacket has two closed tears; other wise a fine copy in a vibrant purple cloth by Wada Book Binding, Tokyo. Large (15x30 cm) bold brush & ink signature by Munakata to front free fly. Number 2813 of only 3000 copies in the original Japanese.; Folio 30x43 cm; 222 pages; Signed by Artist; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. .

Paris: Imp. Lemercier [for:] Librairie Nouvelle, [nd. but ca. 1850s].. 19 plates and 18 plates. Loose sheets. Images, including captions, ca. 27 x 18.5 cm. Margins vary. Some creasing to the larger margins, two plates exhibit foxing and a couple more show some slight marginal tanning, otherwise very good or better. Decent representation of two of the sub- elements of Gavarni's extended work, which when completed, included 329 lithographic plates. The first element lacks plate 1 of the twenty published, and the second lacks plates 4 and 5 of twenty published (duplicates of 2 and 7 are also present, but not included in the count above). Ray treats the series at some length, describing Thomas Virelogue as "one of Gavarni's most brilliant inspirations," and the work as a whole as "a neglected masterpiece of nineteenth-century French graphic art." RAY (ART OF THE FRENCH ILLUSTRATED BOOK) 157.

La Mélodie Acide, (1980). Twelve of 14 original stone lithographs by Joan Miro housed with limitation page in printed portfolio and protected by exterior paperboard portfolio. Loose as issued. Signed on plate (plate signed) and hand numbered out of 1500. Limitation page in French and English. This set is No. 1477/1500.
"The series was printed using the original plates for the portfolio LA MELODIE ACIDE, published in January 1980....The present edition consists of 1,500 prints on Arches paper of the 14 original plates, numbered from 1/1,500 to 1,500/1,500, and with the artist's signature on each of the plates."
This set is INCOMPLETE with 12 of the 14 plates. Plates measure 13 x 10 inches and are in excellent condition. Exterior paperboard portfolio is heavily torn at the flap and lightly soiled overall.
Photos are of the portfolio and prints we have here at Barbed Wire Books. Please don't hesitate to contact Barbed Wire Books with any questions.

Bern, Switzerland: E.W. Kornfeld, Bern, 1964. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Limited edition of 2000 numbered copies of the regular edition. This copy not numbered. Text by Walasse Ting, edited by Sam Francis. Comprising 62 lithographs by 28 artists mostly printed in colors on loose sheets. Publisher's pictorial cloth chemise, laminated dust jacket with wear: lifting slightly along folds, fold corners and spine ends rubbed, chipping and short closed tears to spine panel foot. In red cloth covered slipcase. With 62 (34 double-page, 59 in colour) original lithographs by 28 artists mostly printed in color. Lithographs by Pierre Alechinsky (5), Karel Appel (5), Enrico Baj (2), Alan Davie (3), Jim Dine (2), Sam Francis (6), Robert Indiana (2), Alfred Jensen (3), Asger Jorn (2), Allan Kaprow, Alfred Leslie (2), Roy Lichtenstein (2 + cover), Joan Mitchell, Claes Oldenburg (3), Mel Ramos (2), Robert Rauschenberg (2), James Rosenquist, Bram Van Velde, Andy Warhol and Tom Wesselman (2). With an… Read More

Paris: Editions d'Art Charles Moreau, 1930. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Set of 27 (of 40) original color pochoirs by Sonia Delaunay. Printed on wove paper. The pochoirs measure 32,3 x 24,6 cm. Loose sheets as issued. Full margins, very good impressions. Double page title page. Original portfolio boards with printed cover. Light wear and light soiling to portfolio. We are happy to provide more information/photographs on request. .

Purple silk covered boards with gilt lettering to front; black title to spine & gilt decoration to rear. Includes a ten foot x 16.5 inch folded print entitled Daisekai no Saku "Ken" Kamigami Yori Jinrui E. Jacket has two closed tears; other wise a fine copy in a vibrant purple cloth by Wada Book Binding, Tokyo. Large (15x30 cm) bold brush & ink signature by Munakata to front free fly. Number 2813 of only 3000 copies in the original Japanese.; Folio 30x43 cm; 222 pages; Signed by Artist; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. .

Paris: Imp. Lemercier [for:] Librairie Nouvelle, [nd. but ca. 1850s].. 19 plates and 18 plates. Loose sheets. Images, including captions, ca. 27 x 18.5 cm. Margins vary. Some creasing to the larger margins, two plates exhibit foxing and a couple more show some slight marginal tanning, otherwise very good or better. Decent representation of two of the sub- elements of Gavarni's extended work, which when completed, included 329 lithographic plates. The first element lacks plate 1 of the twenty published, and the second lacks plates 4 and 5 of twenty published (duplicates of 2 and 7 are also present, but not included in the count above). Ray treats the series at some length, describing Thomas Virelogue as "one of Gavarni's most brilliant inspirations," and the work as a whole as "a neglected masterpiece of nineteenth-century French graphic art." RAY (ART OF THE FRENCH ILLUSTRATED BOOK) 157.

Bern, Switzerland: E.W. Kornfeld, Bern, 1964. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Limited edition of 2000 numbered copies of the regular edition. This copy not numbered. Text by Walasse Ting, edited by Sam Francis. Comprising 62 lithographs by 28 artists mostly printed in colors on loose sheets. Publisher's pictorial cloth chemise, laminated dust jacket with wear: lifting slightly along folds, fold corners and spine ends rubbed, chipping and short closed tears to spine panel foot. In red cloth covered slipcase. With 62 (34 double-page, 59 in colour) original lithographs by 28 artists mostly printed in color. Lithographs by Pierre Alechinsky (5), Karel Appel (5), Enrico Baj (2), Alan Davie (3), Jim Dine (2), Sam Francis (6), Robert Indiana (2), Alfred Jensen (3), Asger Jorn (2), Allan Kaprow, Alfred Leslie (2), Roy Lichtenstein (2 + cover), Joan Mitchell, Claes Oldenburg (3), Mel Ramos (2), Robert Rauschenberg (2), James Rosenquist, Bram Van Velde, Andy Warhol and Tom Wesselman (2). With an… Read More

Paris: Editions d'Art Charles Moreau, 1930. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Set of 27 (of 40) original color pochoirs by Sonia Delaunay. Printed on wove paper. The pochoirs measure 32,3 x 24,6 cm. Loose sheets as issued. Full margins, very good impressions. Double page title page. Original portfolio boards with printed cover. Light wear and light soiling to portfolio. We are happy to provide more information/photographs on request. .

Geneva: Edwin Engelberts, 1963. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Illustrator(s). Loose sheets in printed French wrapper in red cloth clamshell box with title label on spine. The inside of the box is covered with velvet paper. Published in Geneva by Edwin Engelberts and printed in Paris by Mourlot, Illustrated with 27 original lithographs by Georges Braque (+ 2 small b/w vignettes). 13 full page color lithographs of which 1 double page (with 2 lines of text). 1 full page black & white lithograph and 13 in text lithographs of which 9 in color. The stones were erased after the printing of the lithographs. Number 130 of a limited edition of 230 copies, printed on Rives. Hand signed in pencil by Georges Braque and Rene Char. A truly fine, collectible publication. Striking lithographs with strong impressions and vivid colors. 55, vii pp. Sheets measure 31,8 x 25,2 cm. .