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A Preface and Four Seasons; A Suite of Five Lithographs [5 SIGNED LITHOGRAPHS & ONE SIGNED GOUACHE. COLOPHON SIGNED BY LEVEE AND SHAW]

Levee, John; Irwin Shaw (Text)

New York: André Emmerich Gallery, 1959. Limited edition. Loose leaf. No. X of X. (Only ten copies numbered in Roman numerals contain an original gouache) Elephant Folio. (20 1/4 x 15 1/2"). 27 [3] plates. Original burgundy cloth portfolio with gilt lettering on spine, housed in burgundy cloth slipcase. Title page printed in burgundy and black with publisher's device. Burgundy initials and various decorative elements in text. All five color lithographs numbered 10/150 and signed Levee. The signed original gouache is matted, with gilt frame, and laid into portfolio at rear.

The suite of five full color lithographs with text by Irwin Shaw explores the artist in relation to his work and environment set into the frame of the Four Seasons. This edition has been published for the André Emmerich Gallery in a limited edition of 150 copies, individually numbered and signed. 20 copies were reserved for the artist. The copies I through X are accompanied by an original, signed gouache by the artist, rendering abstract depictions of foliage in brown, black and gray, and measuring 14 3/4 x 9 3/4." The gouache is matted with white cardboard frame with gilt inside border. The edition has been printed on Arches Pure Rag Vellum. The lithographs are individually numbered and signed. Printed by Imprimerie du Compagnonnage, Paris, for the text, and Studio Patris for the lithographs.

Slipcase with light wear along edges, very small chips and minor fraying; some sunning along edges. Portfolio with minor wear along edges. Title page with age-toning and some offsetting of lithographs to facing pages. Slipcase and binding in overall very good, interior in near fine, lithographs and gouache in fine condition. Vg to fine condition. Item #53647

Price: $3,500.00