ART, ARCHITECTURE ANd pHOTOgRApHy, LOTS 291-312

Lots 291–312

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291 CHAGALL, MARC Drawings for the Bible. New York: Harcourt, Brace, (1960).

Folio, pictorial boards, dust jacket, clipped. First American edition of this double issue of Verve 33/34, complete with 24 color lithographs by Chagall, plus boards. Minor edgewear; marginal chipping to jacket with some loss to ends of spine and front wrapper; previous ownership pen inscription and stamp “B’Nai Torah, Highland Park, ILL,” to f.f.e.p. and rear pastedown. $1,500-2,500

292 DERRIERE LE MIROIR Eight issues of Derriere le miroir in six volumes, comprising Braque, (June, 1947); 25/26 (Jan-Feb, 1950); 33 (November, 1950); Kandinsky nos. 101-103 (September-October, 1957); Picasso, Tome II, (1960); and 132 (June, 1962). $600-800 293 VERVE MAGAZINE A group of six volumes. Paris: Editions de la Revue Verve, 1940-1951.

Comprising: Les tres riches heures du Duc De Berry, (1940). Vol. II, no. 7; Matisse, (1940). Vol. II, no. 8 (lacking original lithograph); Couleur de Bonnard, (1947). Vol. V, no. 17/18; Couleur de Picasso, (1948). Vol. V, no. 19/20; Contes de Boccace, (1950). Vol. VI, no. 24; Picasso a Vallauris, 1949-1951, (1951). Vol. VII, no. 25/26. Soiling to wrappers; upper board detached from “Contes de Boccace” volume. $800-1,200 294 XXe SIECLE Paris: Bordas; New York: Tudor; Milan: Luigi Gennari, 1961-1980.

11 issues, comprising nos. 17, 36-37, 39-41, 44, 46, 5051, and 56. 4to, original printed boards. Minor soiling to wraps on all vols.; backstrip detached from issue no. 40; otherwise fine. $200-400

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295 (PHOTOGRAPHY) WARHOL, ANDY Andy Warhol’s Exposures. New York: Andy Warhol Books/Grosset & Dunlap, (1979).

4to, publisher’s black cloth, spine lettered in silver gilt, dust jacket. First edition. Signed in black marker by Warhol on the half-title. Light soiling to boards; jacket toned and marginally chipped; offsetting from Warhol’s signature; otherwise fine. $300-500

296 (PHOTOGRAPHY) CARTIER BRESSON, HENRI The Decisive Moment. New York: Simon and Schuster; Paris: Editions Verve, (1952).

Folio, publisher’s cloth-backed cream boards with original design by Matisse. First American edition, with 126 full-page gravure photographs by CartierBresson. Lacking dust jacket; light soiling and wear to boards with loss to spine; darkening to endpapers. $300-500 297 (PHOTOGRAPHY) SUDEK, JOSEF Praha Panoramaticka. Prague: Statni Nakladatelstvi Krasne, (1959).

Oblong 4to, publisher’s white cloth decorated and lettered in black. First edition. With 284 black and white photogravures. Lacking dust jacket; soiling to boards; ends and corners bumped; offsetting from aged coupon laid into front endpapers; hinges starting. $400-600

298 (BUDKO, JOSEPH) MENDELSSOHN, MOSES, trans. Die Psalmen. Berlin: Verlag fur Judische Kunst und Kultur, fritz Gerlitt, 1921.

4to, quarter purple cloth over decorative boards. With 12 woodcut plates by Joseph Budko. Edgewear and light soiling to boards; backstrip beginning to detach; upper right corner of front board creased; scattered brownspotting. $100-200 299* CRONAU, RUDOLF Von Wunderland zu Wunderland. Leipzig: Verlag von Max Spohr, (1885).

Vol. 1 (of 2) only. Portfolio, contents loose as issued in original printed wrappers. With seven (of 50) plates mounted on grey card, printed borders. Lacking text pages 6-7; wear and marginal chipping to wrappers and plates; scattered light foxing. Property from the Collection of Carol Davis, Palatine, Illinois $100-200

300 DIE KUNST IM DRITTEN REICH Die Kunst Im Dritten Reich. Munich: Zentralverlag der NSDAP, 1937-1938.

13 vols. Complete run for the year 1938 comprising issues January through December, also including July/August 1937 issue. Folio, original gilt-pictorial wrappers. Rare collection of the Nazi-era German art periodical featuring articles and illustrations about art and architecture in Nazi Germany. Light soiling to wraps; chipping to spines. $200-400

301 PROLOG I Prolog I. Zeichnungen und graphik lebender deutscher kunstler ausgewahlt von einer gruppe von Deutschen und Amerikanern in Berlin. Berlin: Gebr. Mann, 1947.

Folio, contents loose as issued in publisher’s quarter cream cloth portfolio. Limited edition, number 388 of 1,000 copies. With 25 plates after German and American artists. Soiling to boards. $200-400 302 MILLET, JEAN-FRANCOIS Le livre d’or de l’Angelus de Millet par un ancien ami. Paris: Georges Chamerot, n.d.

Folio, publisher’s printed stiff wrappers. With 10 (of 17) original etchings by Frederic Jacque. Light soiling and rubbing to wraps; text block split into fourths. $100-200

303* (MILLET, JEAN-FRANCOIS) SENSIER, ALFRED Jean-Francois Millet: Peasant and Painter. Translated by Helena De Kay. London: Macmillan, 1881.

8vo, full calf with “Wakefield Endowed High School for Girls” coat-of-arms gilt-stamped to upper cover, gilt-lettered spine. Illustrated with numerous black and white plates. Boards darkened; hinges starting; previous ownership inscription to f.f.e.p. Property from the Collection of James S. Frankenberger, Downers Grove, Illinois $100-200 304* (WHISTLER, JAMES MCNEILL) MENPES, MORTIMER Whistler as I Knew Him. London: Adam and Charles Black, 1904.

4to, publisher’s gilt-lettered decorative cloth, giltlettered leather spine label, t.e.g. With 125 color plates. Minor soiling to boards; hinges starting. [Together with:] The Art of James McNeill Whistler. London: George Bell and Sons, 1903 and 1904. 2 copies, one first edition. The International Society of Sculptors, Painters & Gravers. London: Ballantyne Press, [1905]. Edition de Luxe. The Life of James McNeill Whistler. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott; London: William Heinemann, 1911. With seven others. Property from the Collection of James S. Frankenberger, Downers Grove, Illinois $300-500

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305 KNIGHT, ASTON A collection of documents and correspondence from the artist Aston Knight, including:

1) Original pencil sketch of a painting the artist was commissioned to produce for Mr. A. Stocke, M.D., of Lansing, Illinois, on a bifolium; 2) ALS signed (“Aston Knight”), one page, on The Adams Hotel letterhead, November 25, 1936. With original envelope addressed to A. Stocke, M.D.; 3) ALS signed (“Aston Knight”), one page, on personal letterhead, n.d. With original envelope addressed to A. Stocke, M.D.; 4) ALS signed (“Aston Knight”), three pages, on a bifolium, on “Butterfield” letterhead, September 20, 1943. With original envelope addressed to A. Stocke, M.D.; 5) Two “National Cyclopedia of American Biography” pamphlets on Aston Knight, each inscribed by Knight to A. Stocke; 6) Galleria Fiorentina D’Arte (Florence Art Gallery) bill for $240, made out to A. Stocke; 7) Two Florence Art Gallery artist biographies; 8) Marshall Field and Company exhibition catalogue of Aston Knight’s “Exhibition of Landscapes,” dated January 6 to 18. $200-400 306 KROLL, LEON Two autographed letters signed (“Leon”), one page each, one personal letterhead, New York, January 28, 1964 and March 4, 1969. Both to Duncan Gromer on the subject of Kroll’s artwork and art exhibitions. Together with original stamped envelope addressed to Gromer. Framed and matted. Size of frame 21 3/4 x 21 3/4 inches. $200-400

307 MARSH, REGINALD Anatomy For Artists. New York: American Artists Group, (1945).

8vo, original tan cloth, spine lettered in red, dust jacket, unclipped. First edition. Signed by Marsh with original ink drawing on the half-title. Light wear and marginal chipping to jacket; ends bumped. $200-400

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308* SIMPSON, FRANCES The Book of the Cat. London: Cassell, 1903.

4to, publisher’s brown cloth, gilt-lettered leather spine label. First edition. With 12 full-page color plates and numerous black and white illustrations from photos and drawings. Wear to boards; ends chipped; light foxing heaviest on endpapers. Property from the Collection of James S. Frankenberger, Downers Grove, Illinois $100-200

309 VAN EYCK, JAN The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb. Milan: Arti Grafiche Ricordi, 1964.

Folio, gilt-lettered red calf. With 25 illustrations, one fold-out. Rubbing to boards heaviest at spine; otherwise fine. $100-200 310* SLOAN, SAMUEL American Houses: A Variety of Original Designs for Rural Buildings. Philadelphia: Henry B. Ashmead, 1861.

8vo, rebound in quarter brown calf over cloth, giltlettered spine. Second edition. With 29 lithograph plates. Sloan’s rarest work, issued only in initial edition in 1861 and this second edition. This is one of the earliest American architectural books to use chromolithography. Minor edgewear; light foxing and brownspotting; lacking publisher’s advertisements. Property from the Collection of A. Casperson Books, Niles, Michigan $700-900

311 WRIGHT, FRANK LLOYD Autographed letter signed (“F.L.L.W.”), four pages, on a bifolium, on Jokake Inn letterhead, Jokake, Arizona, [ca. 1925]. In this letter, Wright asks architect “Edgar” [Tafel] to convey his response to the suggestion that he design a building for his alma mater, the University of Wisconsin, spelling out his commission and other requirements, providing his rationale for the requirements, suggesting that the practical outlook of the University would make engaging him as likely as engaging “Jesus of Nazareth” for their commencement ceremonies, and closing on a note of optimism about the project.

In 1925, Wright was employed by the University of Wisconsin to design the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity house, but the following year, the Phi Gamma Delta alumni board dismissed him before his design could be executed. Although Wright attended the University of Wisconsin, he left the program in 1887 and did not receive a degree until 1955, when the University awarded him an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts.

Folded in fourths; light soiling at creases. Transcription available upon request. $4,000-6,000

312 WRIGHT, FRANK LLOYD The Japanese Print. Chicago: The Ralph Fletcher Seymour, 1912.

Thin 8vo, tan paper-covered boards. First trade edition. Bookplate tipped to front pastedown; spine and hinges cracked with loss and some evidence of repair; browning to boards with edgewear; otherwise fine. $200-400