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ELIOT, Alexander. Sight and Insight. McDowell, Obolensky Inc, New York, 1959.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Foxing on the boards else very good in very good or better dustwrapper with light wear, illustrated by Josef Albers and with blurbs by William Carlos Williams, Salvador Dali, Benny Goodman, and William Inge, among others. Essays on art. From the library of the artists Ben Shahn and Bernarda Bryson Shahn, with an estate label designed by their son, Jonathan Shahn. Inscribed by the author: "For Ben Shahn from a Spanish Vineyard. Alexander Eliot. Feb. 21, 1959." Eliot studied art at Black Mountain College (where Shahn also taught for a while) with Albers. Nice association.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A fine, extra illustrated copy, in a slightly soiled white slipcase. The colophon notes that this is #81 of 100 copies signed by the artist. Dali s signature, along with the date 1959, appears on the lower corner of the front free endpaper. Bound into the book are color photographs of 28 jewels with comments and captions written by Dali. Loosely laid in are photos and Dali s descriptions of three additional jewels, numbered 29, 30, and 31, which were completed after the book was published. In addition, there is a ribbon-tied catalog (5½" x 8½") of the original exhibition, also with # 29 - 31 in reduced size. A scarce edition, especially with the laid-in materials. Pictures on request.
Seller: Nicholas J. Certo, Newburgh, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$8500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: DALI, SALVADOR. (1904-1989). Spanish Catalan surrealist painter famous for the striking and bizarre images in his work. The book: DALI: A Study of His Art-in-Jewels / The Collection of the Owen Cheatham Foundation . 67 pages, folio. Copyright 1959, The New York Graphics Society / Greenwich, Connecticut. Black cloth, gilt impressed spine, with white gilt impressed covers. Original photo illustrated slip case. First edition, thus. Boldly inscribed by Dali on the inside front cover and blank front endpaper, creating a magnificent full 2 page spread illustration which he has drawn. He writes: ''Pour Contesse Victoria de Ramel / nord su compleanos enero [for your birthday in January] / 27 1965 / Dali''. The illustration depicts a large birthday cake [incorporating yet a second Dali signature] topped by a crown and yet another crown and cross above it, against a barren landscape. The book is also additionally inscribed by CARLOS ALEMANY, the Argentinean jeweler craftsman who uniquely and personally hand made all of the Salvador Dali jewelry: To Vicky as a remembrance of los tiernpos passados [past times] Carlos Alemany / Janaury 27th, 1965'. This volume also contains [tipped in], three formal photo illustrations/printed descriptions of additional pieces crafted between 1956 and 1961 that were added to the collection. (The collection was originally on loan at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Richmond, Virginia, and now, we believe, housed in Spain.) A wonderful, typical Dali drawing, fully inscribed and bearing 2 Dali signatures, with the added bonus of the Alemany s inscription on a separate leaf. Just a superb display item!
Seller: Gerard A.J. Stodolski, Inc. Autographs, Bedford, NH, U.S.A.