Search Results: Titles starting with D from Arthur Fournier Fine & Rare

THE PORTFOLIO
Per an advertisement for Der Ararat portfolio published in the journal:
"Sie ist auf bestem Kunstdruckpapier abgezogen und enthält signierte Ori-ginalgraphik von obenerwähnten Künst-lern. Eine nie wiederkehrende Gelegen-heit, Originalgraphik der Besten der jun-gen Kunst billig zu erwerben!"
"The set is printed on the best art paper and contains signed original graphics by the artists named above. A never-again chance to own inexpensive original prints by the very best of young artists of our time!"
Indeed. The complete suite of prints does not seem to have appeared at auction in the past several decades.
Offered with:
Der Ararat. Glossen, Skizzen und Notizen zur neuen Kunst. Zweiter Jahrgang. München: Goltzverlag, 1921. [2] 240 [10] pp. Bound set of journal issues comprising the complete run of Jahrg II (1921.) Vorzugausgabe, also limited to 100 copies. Contents near fine in the publisher's original binding, excellent condition.

Illustrated poster, linoleum print in pale yellow and black on tan paper. Approx. 31.5 x 23.75 in. Very good overall, old central folds from previous storage, otherwise well- preserved with only minor handling marks. [1341] Quevedo is a noted Mexican American feminist artist, active as a member of the Taller de Gráfica Popular from 1958 until 1965. The present work depicts an intergeneration image of Mexican women in solidarity for International Women's Day. We have been unable to locate another impression of this delicate print in commerce or institutional collections.

64 pp. illus. magazine. Measures approximately 5.5 x 8.5 in. (21 x 13.5 cm.) Very good. Illus. stiff wraps, cover inks beginning to rub. [1424]
"Welcome to the pages of Discozine, the first magazine devoted to the musical phenomenon of the decade. More than just a musical form, disco has become a lifestyle with its own set of personalities, clubs, fashion and stars. Disco means many things. To most people it means dancing; to others it means smart clubs and high society. Its diversity is it strength. Disco is here to stay, and Discozine is its first magazine."

224 pp. book, charmingly illustrated with four double-page plates in color, else chiefly text. 4to. Signed by the author with an original drawing. Near fine in Excellent dust-jacket. Publisher's original yellow cloth embossed in red. [522]
Inscribed to prominent Minnesota-native James Taylor Dunn with a full-page watercolor by Bemelmans, dated July 10, 1941, with Bemelmans' hand-addressed mailing label to the recipient laid in. Altogether an exquisite and charming copy of the scarce trade first.

Illustrated poster, lithographically printed in monochrome on thick beige stock. Dimension: Approx. 28 x 17 in. [1381]
Very good with spare handling marks and a few closed tears (less than 1 in.) at lower margin. Overall, a strikingly well-preserved example of this rare poster commemorating the achievements of Joseph Charles Price. According to Blackpast.org, "Price, founder and first president of Livingston College, in North Carolina, was born free on February 10, 1854 in Elizabeth City, Price studied at St. Cyprian Episcopal School founded for the children of ex-slaves by Boston educators. He later attended Shaw University in Raleigh in 1873 but transferred to Lincoln University in Pennsylvania in 1875. Price graduated as valedictorian in 1879 after winning several oratorical prizes. Impressed with the young Price, Bishop James Walker Hood of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church appointed him to its delegation to the World Ecumenical Conference meeting in London, where he amazed audiences… Read More

[title variant: Neun Gedichte.] Livre d'artist. Texts in Polish text and German accompanied by 8 original etchings. Small folio. Very good. Folding work housed in slipcase decorated with screen printed illustrations. [1440]
"Czesław Miłosz ; z dziewięcioma grafikami Stasysa Eidrigeviciusa = Neun Gedichte / Czesław Miłosz ; übersetzt von Karl Dedecius ; mit neun Originalgraphiken von Stasys Eidrigevicius." The Polish text, the German translation, and the 8 plates are each bound in their own board covers, with their lower covers connected and hinged so that the whole may be folded into a quasi-portfolio, inserted into a slipcase (on which is the 9th illustration referred to in the title above). Text printed on fine paper: the Polish text on white and the German text on gray. The 8 plates are etched, with aquatinting. Rare institutionally, and uncommon