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Auction archive: Lot number 28

Four Poems of the Occult

Estimate
US$1,500 - US$2,500
Price realised:
US$1,200
Auction archive: Lot number 28

Four Poems of the Occult

Estimate
US$1,500 - US$2,500
Price realised:
US$1,200
Beschreibung:

Title: Four Poems of the Occult Author: Goll, Yvan Place: Kentfield, CA Publisher: Allen Press Date: [1962] Description: [200] pp. Edited & with introductions by Francis Carmody. Illustrations by Fernand Léger Pablo Picasso Yves Tanguy & Jean Arp; including 6 drawings by Léger, 4 lithographs by Picasso, 3 line-engravings from etchings by Tanguy, 8 wood engravings by Arp. Also, 47 marginal illustrations & 9 hand-colored initials by Mallette Dean. (Folio) 15½x11, loose unsewn signatures gathered in five printed gray wrapper paper portfolios, housed in original cloth chemise & slipcase both lined with blue velvet. 1 of 130 copies printed in Goudy Modern & Cochin italic types on mould made all-rag Rives paper. Lewis Allen described this astonishing production as "our most formidable and ambitious undertaking." The four poems by Goll had been separately published in France, each with original illustrations by an eminent artist. The editor, Francis Carmody, arranged for the translation of the difficult poems into English and wrote an introduction, as well as arranging for the Allens to meet Goll's widow in Paris to gain permission for the project. The paper and boxes were also acquired in Paris and the book printed by the Allens in Kentfield with their 1839 Acorn-Smith hand-press. The effort was, in Lewis Allen's words, "intricate and formidable," but the result was magnificent. Allen Press Biblio. 25. Lot Amendments Condition: Fine. Item number: 187290

Auction archive: Lot number 28
Auction:
Datum:
8 May 2008
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

Title: Four Poems of the Occult Author: Goll, Yvan Place: Kentfield, CA Publisher: Allen Press Date: [1962] Description: [200] pp. Edited & with introductions by Francis Carmody. Illustrations by Fernand Léger Pablo Picasso Yves Tanguy & Jean Arp; including 6 drawings by Léger, 4 lithographs by Picasso, 3 line-engravings from etchings by Tanguy, 8 wood engravings by Arp. Also, 47 marginal illustrations & 9 hand-colored initials by Mallette Dean. (Folio) 15½x11, loose unsewn signatures gathered in five printed gray wrapper paper portfolios, housed in original cloth chemise & slipcase both lined with blue velvet. 1 of 130 copies printed in Goudy Modern & Cochin italic types on mould made all-rag Rives paper. Lewis Allen described this astonishing production as "our most formidable and ambitious undertaking." The four poems by Goll had been separately published in France, each with original illustrations by an eminent artist. The editor, Francis Carmody, arranged for the translation of the difficult poems into English and wrote an introduction, as well as arranging for the Allens to meet Goll's widow in Paris to gain permission for the project. The paper and boxes were also acquired in Paris and the book printed by the Allens in Kentfield with their 1839 Acorn-Smith hand-press. The effort was, in Lewis Allen's words, "intricate and formidable," but the result was magnificent. Allen Press Biblio. 25. Lot Amendments Condition: Fine. Item number: 187290

Auction archive: Lot number 28
Auction:
Datum:
8 May 2008
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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