Fine Books and Manuscripts Online
Fine Books and Manuscripts Online
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June 21, 06:34 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
Lot Details
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BONTECOU, LEE, ILLUS.
Tony Towle. Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone. West Islip, NY: Universal Limited Art Editions, 1968
8 bifolia, unbound as issued (19 3/4 x 13 in.; 501 x 330 mm, uncut). 6 copperplate hard-ground etchings with aquatint, each signed and numbered in pencil by Bontecou, poem signed in pencil by Towle, printed on Auvergne handmade paper; occasional very light foxing. Publisher's buckram-covered clamshell case with copperplate soft-ground etching with aquatint by Bontecou printed on upper cover.
Copy 25 pf 33 (of a whole edition of 42) with each plate signed and numbered by Bontecou and with printed poem signed by Towle.