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1940Best.-Nr. COL26-111940. Silver and chromogenic prints approx. 160; typed and manuscript poems letters and essays approx. 200 pages; ink watercolor and graphite sketches approx. 120 pages. A substantial and significant volume of material pertaining to the pioneering art critic and writer Dore Ashton an early champion of Abstract Expressionism and the New York School with scores of primary works related to both fine art and poetry. The archive can be divided into three major components: photographs artwork and written material. The centerpiece of the written material is a thick notebook of material compiled by Ashton over many years. Included are dozens of signed and dated typescript poems by Hilda Morley Jane Randall William Jay Smith Barbara Howes and Richard Wilbur. The Wilbur material is particularly fascinating and speaks to their close friendship and working relationship Wilbur was a contributor to Ashton's 1959 publication "Poets of the Past". Included is an unpublished hand-written poem by Wilbur. The poem titled "Two Pre-Columbian Cultural Cheers" is a jocular satire of the collegiate fight song. It was composed in 1957 on the occasion of the publication of Ashton's 1957 book "Abstract Art Before Columbus." There is also a printed copy of Wilbur's "Advice to a Prophet" inscribed with the following: "I have just written a one-line play about Prometheus. Prometheus is tied to the rock: the eagle of Zeus is tormenting him. ENTER a SHALLOW OPTIMIST. Shallow Optimist: "What's Eating You" Other notable material includes two working drafts of poems by the important Peruvian author Blanca Varela. One of these is an early draft of her beloved prose poem "Calle Catorce" "Fourteenth Street" which bears a number of notable differences from the published version. There is also a page of manuscript sheet music composed by Yehudi Wymer done so for a party of Yunkers'. Also present are many examples of Ashton's own writing much of which pertains to some of the key figures in American art in the late 1940s and early 1950s. "It has been nearly three months since I visited Rothko in his studio "begins one entry "and the residue of feeling is with me. It bothers me that I have been unable to find the language to speak of the experience. Let alone the language to speak of the works of art." There are also substantial entries pertaining to Phillip Guston Jackson Pollock and numerous others. The photographic portion of the collection is equally robust. There are many wonderful and captivating portraits of Ashton taken throughout the years. Along with candid snapshots there are many pictures of her shot by notable photographers including David Gahr Larry Fink David and Denise Hare Renate Motherwell and others. Also present are many photographs which were used to illustrate her 1973 book "The New York School: A Cultural Reckoning" such as a portrait of Milton Avery shot by Lee Sievan and a wonderful group portrait of the Forum 49 collective showing Weldon Kees Adolph Gottleib and others. Other portraits of art world luminaries found in the collection include those of Philip Guston Hannah Wilke Robert Motherwell Joseph Cornell Will Barnet Marisol Escobar and many more. Another interesting aspect of the photographic collection is a group of about forty candid photos of a Rothko opening showing him Guston and others. Ashton was for a time married to the Abstract Expressionist Adja Yunkers and the present collection contains and the present collection also includes dozens of examples of his own work mainly in the form of watercolor sketches some with text or inscriptions to Ashton. Also included are four sketchbooks of Ashton's own work done in the 1950s and 60s as well as a few of her woodblock prints. The aforementioned notebook also contains many fascinating pieces of original art crafted as unique Christmas cards and given to Ashton and her one-time husband the artist Adja Yunkers. These include works by the Abstract painter Perle Fine Italian painter Pietro Dorazio natalia dumitresco and her husband Alexandre Istrati and a few others. Overall a significant endlessly fascinating account of a singular New York figure. More images available upon request. Various sizes; photographs from 2 x 2 inches to 8 x 10 inches; most written material approximately 8 x 10 inches; sketches mostly 4 x 6 inches. unknown
1876Best.-Nr. 47354Paris.: Librairie Hachette et Cie. 1876. Contemporary burgundy half-morocco marbled boards and endpapers banded spine with gilt title in six compartments original publisher's blue printed wrappers and backstrip with titles in red and black retained t.e.g. Small folio. 385 x 296 mm. Half-title with printer's credit verso printed title in red and black and Enault's text illustrated with 174 wood-engraving after Doré of which 52 are full-page. A very scarce deluxe example of Louis Enault's 'Londres' illustrated by Gustave Doré printed on Chine and with a signed original drawing. This is the first French edition; the work was first published in English in 1872 with text by Blanchard Jerrold. No copies of the English edition were issued on Chine.The original drawing by Doré 420 x 350 mm framed separately is a preparatory sketch for one of the illustrations in the book 'Pauvresse à Londres'. The image shows a bare-footed young woman seen from behind carrying a small child on her left shoulder her head turned to the right another child very slightly older her face half-turned towards the viewer shelters within the skirts of the young woman the whole scene suggesting pathos and poverty.'La publication de cette édition française ne reçut que des éloges.' Leblanc.Ray 251 English edition & 252; SR / BF 59. Librairie Hachette et Cie. hardcover
1860Best.-Nr. 24278Paris: L. Turgis ca. 1860. EXTREMELY RARE SUITE OF HAND-COLOURED LITHOGRAPHS ON BULLFIGHTING. A complete suite of six large hand-coloured original lithographs by Gustave Doré. 45.5 by 61.4 cm Each plate with the running title 'Corrida de Toros' individual captions in Spanish and French and with 'G. Doré del. A fine set with occasional evidence of age. FIRST ISSUE AND VERY RARE A SUITE OF IMAGES ON BULL FIGHTING AS SEEN AND CHRONICLED BY GUSTAVE DORÉ. In Corrida de Toros Doré captured the strength and movement of the bull the tension the danger in the ring - it almost seems as if the bull has a chance not just at survival but of actually conquering the men on foot and horseback who are supremely annoying it to rage. Doré appears to sympathize with the bull and the tragedy of bullfighting rather than the glory of the fighters. ‘The French artist Gustave Doré was born in Strassburg in 1832. In 1848 he moved to Paris where it was noted that “his facility as a draughtsman was extraordinary.” He was a prolific worker whose talents and creations are greatly valued to the present day. Doré’s first illustrated story was published when he was only fifteen years old. His talent was evident even earlier however. At age five he had been a prodigy troublemaker playing pranks that were mature beyond his years. Seven years later he began carving in cement. Subsequently as a young man he began work as a literary illustrator in Paris winning commissions to depict scenes from books by Rabelais Balzac Milton and Dante. In 1853 Doré was asked to illustrate the works of Lord Byron. This commission was followed by additional work for British publishers including a new illustrated English Bible. A decade later he illustrated a French edition of Cervantes's Don Quixote and his depictions of the knight and his squire Sancho Panza have become so famous that they have influenced subsequent readers artists and stage and film directors' ideas of the physical "look" of the two characters. Doré also illustrated an oversized edition of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" an endeavor that earned him 30000 francs from publisher Harper & Brothers in 1883. Doré's English Bible 1866 was a great success and in 1867 Doré had a major exhibition of his work in London. This exhibition led to the foundation of the Doré Gallery in Covelant Bond Street. After an illness he died in January of 1883. L. Turgis unknown
