Lot 648

Leonard Baskin Icones Librorum Artifices 1/40 Gehenna

Estimate: $500 - $800

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Baskin, Leonard, Icones Librorum Artifices, number 20 of 40 copies signed by Baskin on the colophon, 1998, complete with 32 colored etchings, each one signed and numbered by Baskin to the bottom edge of the sheet, Gehenna Press, hardcover, slim folio, bound by Gray Parrot in dark blue leather with marbled paper onlay, housed in clamshell slipcase with leather title label. Being actual putative fugitive and fantastical portraits of engravers illustrators & binders - the book people who influenced Baskin most, from Peter Flotner to D. B. Updike. One of the rarer Gehenna Press titles, with none currently for sale online. Provenance: deaccessioned from a regional institution; will include a letter of deaccession from the institution.

Condition

Two small library stamps, including one Withdrawn, to the rear pastedown, otherwise a Fine, bright, clean copy with beautiful illustrations; slipcase in good condition, sturdy, but lightly soiled and worn. Merchandise will be packed and transported by the purchaser at their own risk and expense. A list of recommended shippers is on our website: https://www.conceptgallery.com/auctions/shipping/ .