[ARTIST'S BOOK] -- [GIACOMETTI, Alberto (1906-1966).] -- LELY, Gilbert. La Folie Tristan. Paris: Jean Hughes, 1959. LIMITED EDITION, number 43 of 50 copies. WITH AN ORIGINAL DOUBLE ETCHING, SIGNED BY GIACOMETTI. SIGNED BY LELY.
Sale 1023 - The Library of Jack Charles Davis, Sold to Support Charitable Institutions
May 3, 2022
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$400 -
$600
Sold for $5,000
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[ARTIST'S BOOK]. GIACOMETTI, Alberto (1906-1966), illustrator. LELY, Gilbert (1904-1985). La Folie Tristan. Paris: Jean Hughes, 1959.
12mo (147 mm x 102 mm). Contemporary quarter burgundy morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut (spine sunned, slight rubbing, very slight bubbling to sides); original wrappers bound in.
LIMITED EDITION, number 43 of 50 copies SIGNED BY LELY. WITH AN ORIGINAL DOUBLE ETCHING, SIGNED BY GIACOMETTI. on limitation page.
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