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Phoenix.
Screenprint in black with hand coloring, 30¾ x 22⅜ in. No. 84/100.
Ben Shahn was a visiting lecturer at Smith College when I was an undergraduate there. I was taken by his presence and his attitude about art as a statement of justice and humanity.…
Ben Shahn was a visiting lecturer at Smith College when I was an undergraduate there. I was taken by his presence and his attitude about art as a statement of justice and humanity.…
History of the Horn-Book, 2 vols.
Provenance: Inscribed by the author, with A.N.S. to collector Robert White.
This was one of my first discoveries from a press whose books delighted me, and about which I could find almost no information. I was inspired to research their history and…
St. George and the Dragon.
Designed by Dali, etched by Stanley William Hayter, plate: 17⅝ x 11¼ in.; sheet: 22⅝ x 15¼ in. Engraved on Whatman wove paper and signed by Dali. Edition of 260.
Depictions and accounts of the myth of St. George and the Dragon have appeared in…
Depictions and accounts of the myth of St. George and the Dragon have appeared in…
Secret Agent X-9.
Original pen and ink drawing for a daily comic strip published on June 29, 1934, 5½ x 25 in.
I have been interested in American comic strips since my childhood in France, when I read them (in French translation), and dreamt of becoming a…
I have been interested in American comic strips since my childhood in France, when I read them (in French translation), and dreamt of becoming a…
Bound page proofs for Urne Buriall and The Garden of Cyrus.
Edited with an introduction by John Carter.
Provenance: John Carter, with his manuscript corrections and revisions; then John Sparrow, with his signature.
Labeled in John Carter's hand “2nd proof corrected” on the half-title and “final proof” on the…
Civic Insomnia.
Aquatint, 10⅞ x 14 in.
Begun in 1976, my collection of American prints spans the period from 1900 to World War II, with a particular emphasis on the 1930s. Between 1929 and 1933, Gerald Geerlings created a series of masterful urban images. A…
Begun in 1976, my collection of American prints spans the period from 1900 to World War II, with a particular emphasis on the 1930s. Between 1929 and 1933, Gerald Geerlings created a series of masterful urban images. A…
Portrait of a Woman with a Book.
Pencil drawing, 10¾ x 6 in.
Although not widely known today, Belle Silveira Gorski made this beautiful, captivating portrait of an unknown sitter in the early 1900s. Drawn with great technical skill, the image proves how the humble pencil can…
Although not widely known today, Belle Silveira Gorski made this beautiful, captivating portrait of an unknown sitter in the early 1900s. Drawn with great technical skill, the image proves how the humble pencil can…
One Man’s Education.
Provenance: Julian and Grace Boyd, with an inscription by the author.
I am interested in the history of American book collecting and especially in the movement of books and manuscripts in the last century from private collections into public…
Sketch Book: Spiddal to Gorumna and Lettermullen, 1905.
Pencil, ink and watercolor.
Provenance: Signed inscription to Maurice Craig.
One of Dublin bookseller Eamonn DeBúrca’s clients had a story to tell and an expensive book to sell. The more I heard, the more I knew I wanted it.
In 1905, the…
Provenance: Signed inscription to Maurice Craig.
One of Dublin bookseller Eamonn DeBúrca’s clients had a story to tell and an expensive book to sell. The more I heard, the more I knew I wanted it.
In 1905, the…
Hyakumantō Dhārāni.
Scroll: 2¼ x 20½ in., pagoda: 8¼ x 3¼ in.
The oldest accurately datable, block printed-text on paper is recorded on miniature scrolls, or dhārāni (mantras), that Japanese Empress Shōtoku (718–770) commissioned to express her gratitude for the…