BOOKS, EPHEMERA, AND JAPANESE WOODBLOCKS, DAY THREE
by Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Platinum House 530 lots with images
November 5, 2012
Live AuctionPO Box 300
51 Atlantic Highway
Thomaston, ME, 04861 USA
Phone: 207-354-8141
Fax: 207-354-9523
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Viewing NotesTHREE DAY AUCTION: SATURDAY, November 3, 2012 - 11:00 AM thru Monday, November 5, 2012 - 11:00 AM. This three day event will feature the Marvin Sadik and Irving Bernstein collections of antiquities and rare treasures from around the world. Day Three contains the most important selection of autographs, historical documents and Japanese artwork we have ever offered. Join us for our largest auction of 2012, with over 1800 items almost entirely unreserved.
Sale NotesDay Three includes extremely rare ephemera, including: a Papal Bull dated 1257, an appointment signed by Napoleon, a 1789 Atlas, a document signed by Louis XVI, the Royal Seal of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Great Seal of Queen Elizabeth I of England, the first official seal of New York, and so much more. This day you will also find over 100 early Japanese woodblock prints, artwork by Leonard Baskin, ocean liner chromolithographs, rare photographs, books, and autographs.
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Lot 1300: Set 4 Handcolored Engravings by William Hogarth 1822
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Description: SET (4) HANDCOLORED ENGRAVINGS - 'Four Prints of an Election' by William Hogarth (British, 1697-1764), engraved by Charles Grignion (1717-1810), signed in plate, including the plates: 'An Election Entertainment', 'Canvassing for Votes', 'The Polling' and 'Chairing the Members', Paulson #198-201; these are the 1822 Heath edition on wove paper, unframed, shrinkwrapped, 17 1/2" x 22" impression, 19 1/4" x 24 3/4" sheet, edge chips and bends, light handling dimples.
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Lot 1301: Woodblock Print Self-Portrait by Leonard Baskin AP
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Description: MONUMENTAL WOODBLOCK PRINT - Self-Portrait by Leonard Baskin (MA/NY, 1922-2000), Artist's Proof, just his head rendered in green and black, captioned below in the print 'LB-AET-S-51', pencil signed and inscribed 'To Marvin with Leonard's Abiding and Constant Regards', unframed, 31 1/2" x 23 1/4" on 35" x 23 3/4" sheet of Japan paper, corner and edge bends, image is fine. From the Marvin Sadik Collection.
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Lot 1302: Litho 'le chevalier n'est pas a la croisade' Denis
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Description: COLOR LITHO - 'le chevalier n'est pas a la croisade' (The Knight Did Not Die in the Crusade), from 'Amour' by Maurice Denis, (French, 1870-1943), pencil signed lr and dated '88, an edition of 100, in gold box frame, matted and glazed, 15 1/8" x 10 7/8" image on 21" x 15 7/8" sheet of wove paper, OS: 25 3/4" x 21", fine condition, not examined out of frame.
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Lot 1303: Ink Portrait of Bernard Berenson by Leonard Baskin
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Description: INK DRAWING-by Leonard Baskin (American, 1922 - 2000), 'Portrait of Bernard Berenson', signed 'Baskin 1964' lower right. Ink on laid paper, In a fine gold frame. SS: 15" 1/2" x 20", OS:21 1/2" x 25" good condition, minor spotting. From the Marvin Sadik Collection.
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Lot 1304: Etchings Folio 'Jurisprudence II' by Charles Bragg
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Description: RARE FOLIO ETCHINGS - Lawyer Humor! 'Jurisprudence II; A Suite of Etchings' by Charles Bragg (CA, 1931- ), number 78/100 limited edition on Arches buff paper, numbered and signed by the artist in pencil, containing eight original etchings, the first being untitled, the others titled 'Objection Overruled'; 'Divorce Lawyer'; Objection Sustained'; 'Recess'; 'Out of Court Settlement' & 'Nolo Contendre', 5" x 5" to 8 3/4" x 11 3/4" impressions on 11 1/2" x 14 1/2" sheets, in the original titled liner set into the burlap covered folio with applied leather label having gilt title, 12 1/2" x 15 1/2", near fine condition, prints are fine, small chafed spots and finger smudges to liner.
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