Facing East [Lavish edition of Levine's ukiyo-e inspired drawings]: Limited Edition; No. 2124 of 2500 sets, Signed by both the Artist and Author at the Limitation and Inside the Top of the Box.
by Michener, James A. & Jack Levine
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
- Fine/No Dust Jacket As Issued
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About This Item
New York: Scandinavian University Press, 1970. Limited Edition. A Fine Hardcover in a Fine Box. Fine/No Dust Jacket As Issued. Jack Levine.
Large portfolio of woven beige moire that fastens with a black Madras goatskin belt and loop closing and is gilt stamped on the spine and encloses two inner portfolios, the first of beige moire belted with black Madras leather containing loose sheets of the text by Michener and nine original woodcuts by Levine printed on Arches paper and one hors texte original woodcut printed on Japon Kawanaka paper and four original color lithographs printed on Rives paper.
Signed by both the Artist and Author at the Limitation and Inside the Top of the Box. No Flaws, Gift Quality.. Illustrated by James Levine in the margins and then with 4 original color lithographs and a woodcut on Japanese vellum as well as reproduction of Levine's sketchbook with 54 full color plates with tissue guards, loose and laid in as issued housed together in a satin clamshell box.
The 54 watercolors, gouaches and drawings in the sketchbook were printed in Paris, and hand-colored by pochoir processes on Ingres paper, from 2 to 40 colors were hand-brushed on each. Limited Edition; No. 2124 of 2500 sets,
Large portfolio of woven beige moire that fastens with a black Madras goatskin belt and loop closing and is gilt stamped on the spine and encloses two inner portfolios, the first of beige moire belted with black Madras leather containing loose sheets of the text by Michener and nine original woodcuts by Levine printed on Arches paper and one hors texte original woodcut printed on Japon Kawanaka paper and four original color lithographs printed on Rives paper.
Signed by both the Artist and Author at the Limitation and Inside the Top of the Box. No Flaws, Gift Quality.. Illustrated by James Levine in the margins and then with 4 original color lithographs and a woodcut on Japanese vellum as well as reproduction of Levine's sketchbook with 54 full color plates with tissue guards, loose and laid in as issued housed together in a satin clamshell box.
The 54 watercolors, gouaches and drawings in the sketchbook were printed in Paris, and hand-colored by pochoir processes on Ingres paper, from 2 to 40 colors were hand-brushed on each. Limited Edition; No. 2124 of 2500 sets,
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- Bookseller
- Blind Horse Books [ABAA - FABA] (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012312
- Title
- Facing East [Lavish edition of Levine's ukiyo-e inspired drawings]
- Author
- Michener, James A. & Jack Levine
- Illustrator
- Jack Levine
- Format/Binding
- A Fine Hardcover in a Fine Box
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket As Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Scandinavian University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1970
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Illustrated Books & History of the Image; Art, American--Japanese influences; Japan--Pictorial works. Form/Genre: Lithographs--New York--1970; Woodcuts--France--Paris--1970. Pochoir prints--France--Paris--1970; Signed Book
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