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Auction archive: Lot number 263

Spare Parts - inscribed

Estimate
US$1,000 - US$1,500
Price realised:
US$600
Auction archive: Lot number 263

Spare Parts - inscribed

Estimate
US$1,000 - US$1,500
Price realised:
US$600
Beschreibung:

Title: Spare Parts - inscribed Author: Ford, Charles Henri Place Athens Publisher: A New View Book Date: 1966 Description: Unpaginated. Illustrated collage poems printed on different colors of paper. (Folio), orange and yellow illustrated boards, illustrated dust jacket. No. XXX of one hundred Hors De Commerce copies, from a total edition of 950. Inscribed by Ford at the half-title: "For all-star Stan from his rooter Charles Henri - Xania 6.x.67." One of the great American artist books, being a collection of Ford's surrealist collage poster poems, which reference surrealist techniques, and showcase Ford's experience in printing and graphic design. Scarce Hors De Commerce copy with dust jacket. Charles Henri Ford was an American poet, novelist, diarist, filmmaker, photographer, and collage artist. He published more than a dozen collections of poetry, exhibited his artwork in Europe and the United States, edited the Surrealist magazine View in New York City Lot Amendments Condition: General light wear to jacket with some minor chips and closed tears to edges, some creasing and larger closed tear to top edge of back panel; light wear to boards with rubbing to extremities, corners worn; interior sound with some light creasing to endpapers; very good. Item number: 298683

Auction archive: Lot number 263
Auction:
Datum:
18 Oct 2018
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: Spare Parts - inscribed Author: Ford, Charles Henri Place Athens Publisher: A New View Book Date: 1966 Description: Unpaginated. Illustrated collage poems printed on different colors of paper. (Folio), orange and yellow illustrated boards, illustrated dust jacket. No. XXX of one hundred Hors De Commerce copies, from a total edition of 950. Inscribed by Ford at the half-title: "For all-star Stan from his rooter Charles Henri - Xania 6.x.67." One of the great American artist books, being a collection of Ford's surrealist collage poster poems, which reference surrealist techniques, and showcase Ford's experience in printing and graphic design. Scarce Hors De Commerce copy with dust jacket. Charles Henri Ford was an American poet, novelist, diarist, filmmaker, photographer, and collage artist. He published more than a dozen collections of poetry, exhibited his artwork in Europe and the United States, edited the Surrealist magazine View in New York City Lot Amendments Condition: General light wear to jacket with some minor chips and closed tears to edges, some creasing and larger closed tear to top edge of back panel; light wear to boards with rubbing to extremities, corners worn; interior sound with some light creasing to endpapers; very good. Item number: 298683

Auction archive: Lot number 263
Auction:
Datum:
18 Oct 2018
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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