80 BAUMAN RARE BOOKS “The Timelessness Of These Rocks And These Hills”: Signed Limited Edition Of Andrew Wyeth’s Paintings Of Pennsylvania And Maine 103(WYETH, Andrew) MERYMAN, Richard. Andrew Wyeth. Boston, 1969. Oblong folio, original half light blue reverse calf, clamshell box. $5800 Deluxe signed limited first edition, one of only 300 copies, with 165 full-page color and black-and-white reproductions of Wyeth’s paintings of Pennsylvania and Maine. In the tradition of his father, N.C. Wyeth, and the Brandywine artists, Andrew Wyeth achieved acclaim for his naturalistic portrayals of the Pennsylvania countryside and the seacoast of Maine. His watercolors and tempera paintings capture the essence of the two regions, while conveying a sense of loneliness and nostalgia. “I can do an awful lot of thinking and dreaming about the past and future—the timelessness of these rocks and hills—about all the people who have existed here.” After the prints were completed and approved by Wyeth for this volume, the original plates were destroyed. Fine condition. Large Portfolio Of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Early Designs 104WRIGHT, Frank Lloyd. Buildings, Plans, and Designs. New York, 1963. Large folio, 100 loose plates in original publisher’s half black cloth portfolio, original shipping carton. $4500 First edition in English of Frank Lloyd Wright’s first major publication, one of 2600 copies, with one hundred large folio plates. The first period of Wright’s career “was one of bold invention and public acclaim. It reached its climax in 1910 with the [German] publication of his architectural drawings in an extraordinary pair of portfolios.” The work remained for many years virtually unknown in America, because a fire in 1914 had destroyed that portion of the 1910 printing intended for American distribution. Included are designs for 70 buildings and projects between 1893 and 1909, including the W.H. Winslow house (1893), the Unity Temple at Oak Park (1906) and the Frederick C. Robie house (1909), which “has generally been regarded as the finest of the Prairie Houses” (Roth, 463). Sweeney 87. Fine condition.
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