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Desastres de la Guerra

GOYA'S MASTERPIECE DESASTRES DE LA GUERRA: EXTRAORDINARY 1863 FIRST EDITION, SECOND ISSUE, COMPLETE WITH 80 ORIGINAL ETCHINGS

GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco José de. Desastres de la Guerra. Madrid, 1863. Total of 80 numbered and titled copperplate etchings done with drypoint, burin, aquatint and lavis, on wove paper with watermark J.G.O. and palmette.

First edition, second issue, of "the most brutally savage protest against cruelty and war which the visual imagination of man has conceived"—one of only 500 copies in the first printing. Fine, early impressions, with tonal variations in the lavis that disappear in later editions. $175,000.

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War Between the United States and Mexico

“THE VERY BEST AMERICAN BATTLE SCENES IN EXISTENCE”

KENDALL, George W. and NEBEL, Carl. War Between the United States and Mexico. New York and Philadelphia, 1851. First edition of one of the most important and impressive pictorial chronicles of the Mexican-American War, boasting 12 superb folio hand-finished full-color lithographic plates. $27,500.

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Aquarelle. Auf seiner Reise um die Erde

FIRST EDITION OF HILDEBRANDT'S AQUARELLE, 1871-74, WITH 34 STUNNING LARGE FOLIO COLOR AQUARELLE PLATES OF SCENES FROM HIS WORLD TOUR, INCLUDING ALEXANDRIA, CAIRO, BOMBAY, HONG KONG, JAPAN, MACAO, PEKING, MANILA, AND SAN FRANCISCO

HILDEBRANDT, Eduard. Aquarelle. Auf seiner Reise um die Erde. Berlin, 1871-74.

First edition of this collection of 34 stunning color aquarelle plates finished by hand of scenes from the world tour of artist Eduard Hildebrandt, official Painter to the Royal Court of Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm IV, featuring scenes from Alexandria, Benares, Bombay, Cairo, Bangkok, Rangoon, Hong Kong, Macao, Peking, Singapore, Manila, Japan, and two famous views of San Francisco. In the publisher's magnificent deluxe portfolio box, with a large sepia portrait of Hildebrandt mounted under glass on the front board. $25,000.

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War Orphans

STRIKING ORIGINAL PAINTING, “WAR ORPHANS” BY ARTHUR SZYK

SZYK, Arthur. War Orphans. London, 1940.

Extraordinary signed original watercolor and gouache painting of two young Jewish refugees, huddled together, by anti-Nazi caricaturist Arthur Szyk, whose wartime portrayals of brutality, heroism and suffering strongly influenced American attitudes toward the war effort. $18,500.

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Man Ray Photographs 1920-1934 Paris

“AMONGST THE GREATEST PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE 20TH CENTURY”

MAN RAY. Man Ray Photographs 1920-1934 Paris. Hartford, Connecticut, 1934.

First edition, extremely rare first issue, of Man Ray’s first photobook, inscribed on the title page to the curator of photography at the National Museum of American History in Washington, “For Eugene Ostroff. Cordially Man Ray Paris 1964,” with 104 rich heliogravures of his photographs and Rayographs, “regarded by some as amongst the greatest of the 20th century” (Parr & Badger). $17,500.

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Collection of Original Etchings for La Fontaine's Selected Fables

“A LOVELY AND MOST CHARMING JOB”:EXTRAORDINARY SUITE OF 11 ORIGINAL CALDER ETCHED PROOFSFOR LA FONTAINE’S FABLES, USED TO CREATE THE LINE-CUTS FOR PRINTING

CALDER, Alexander. Collection of Original Etchings for La Fontaine's Selected Fables. New York, 1948. Fifteen items altogether.

An extremely important suite of 11 splendid original etchings by Calder for La Fontaine’s Fables—apparently the only surviving original etchings for this work. With the trade edition of the book, accompanied by the original prospectus, sample pages and letter of transmittal. $9500.

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Dessins

WITH A WONDERFUL ORIGINAL DRAWING BY COCTEAU

COCTEAU, Jean. Dessins. Paris, 1923 [i.e. 1924].

Signed limited first edition, number 44 of only 625 copies, this being one of only 50 copies “sur Hollande Van Gelder,” with a large laid-in original pen-and-ink drawing by Cocteau entitled “Hommage a Paul Morand,” depicting a wealthy woman reclining in a lounge chair, a copy of one of Morand’s books dangling from her hand. $9000.

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Georgia O'Keeffe

DELUXE FIRST EDITION OF GEORGIA O’KEEFFE, ONE OF ONLY 200 COPIES SIGNED BY HER

O'KEEFFE, Georgia. Georgia O'Keeffe. New York, (1976).

Deluxe signed limited first edition, number 173 of only 200 copies signed by O’Keeffe, of this superbly illustrated collection of paintings by O’Keeffe. With an additional suite of 16 color plates, issued only with this deluxe edition. $7500.

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