MOORE, Henry (1898-1986) -- SHAKESPEARE, William (1554-1616). Hamlet . Edited by Stanley Wells. Rome: Delfino, [1985]. 2° (475 x 332mm). 10 offset lithographs in colours after Henry Moore printed tissue-guards. Original brick-red morocco over wood bevelled boards, rectangular gold bas-relief 'Hamlet's Dilemma' by Moore mounted on upper side, original stand (spine extremities a touch rubbed, lightly faded).
MOORE, Henry (1898-1986) -- SHAKESPEARE, William (1554-1616). Hamlet . Edited by Stanley Wells. Rome: Delfino, [1985]. 2° (475 x 332mm). 10 offset lithographs in colours after Henry Moore printed tissue-guards. Original brick-red morocco over wood bevelled boards, rectangular gold bas-relief 'Hamlet's Dilemma' by Moore mounted on upper side, original stand (spine extremities a touch rubbed, lightly faded). A FINE COPY OF THIS RARE MOORE-ILLUSTRATED SHAKESPEARE WITH ITS ORIGINAL STAND . The bas-relief gold on the upper cover is a recasting of the 'Reclining Figure' portion of 'Relief: Three Quarters Mother and Child and Reclining Figure', 1977 (cf. A. Bowness, Henry Moore - Complete Sculpture, Volume 5 1974-1980 , 1983; listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonnée no. 728). Number 250 of 1200 copies, although it is very probable that this limitation is grossly exaggerated. RARE : only two copies recorded at auction (ABPC/AE online).
MOORE, Henry (1898-1986) -- SHAKESPEARE, William (1554-1616). Hamlet . Edited by Stanley Wells. Rome: Delfino, [1985]. 2° (475 x 332mm). 10 offset lithographs in colours after Henry Moore printed tissue-guards. Original brick-red morocco over wood bevelled boards, rectangular gold bas-relief 'Hamlet's Dilemma' by Moore mounted on upper side, original stand (spine extremities a touch rubbed, lightly faded).
MOORE, Henry (1898-1986) -- SHAKESPEARE, William (1554-1616). Hamlet . Edited by Stanley Wells. Rome: Delfino, [1985]. 2° (475 x 332mm). 10 offset lithographs in colours after Henry Moore printed tissue-guards. Original brick-red morocco over wood bevelled boards, rectangular gold bas-relief 'Hamlet's Dilemma' by Moore mounted on upper side, original stand (spine extremities a touch rubbed, lightly faded). A FINE COPY OF THIS RARE MOORE-ILLUSTRATED SHAKESPEARE WITH ITS ORIGINAL STAND . The bas-relief gold on the upper cover is a recasting of the 'Reclining Figure' portion of 'Relief: Three Quarters Mother and Child and Reclining Figure', 1977 (cf. A. Bowness, Henry Moore - Complete Sculpture, Volume 5 1974-1980 , 1983; listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonnée no. 728). Number 250 of 1200 copies, although it is very probable that this limitation is grossly exaggerated. RARE : only two copies recorded at auction (ABPC/AE online).
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