Artist's Book with Four Original Watercolors by Rainey Bennett "to William A. Kittredge"
009479No Place Chicago: Ann and Rainey Bennett Book. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. SIGNED BY ARTIST. 5 1/4" x 4 1/4". Original accordion-fold artist's book designed and constructed by Ann bennett containing four original watercolors image size each 3 1/8" x 2 1/4" by noted Chicago artist Rainey Bennett. Simply inscribed at rear "to William A. Kittredge". Kittredge was the head of the department of design and typography for Lakeside Press under R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co.'s of Chicago from 1922 to 1945 Under Kittredge's direction Lakeside produced work for Chicago's Caxton Club and the Limited Editions Club. Ann Bennett was a professional dancer and the wife of Rainey Bennett until her death in 1975. Rainey Bennett 1907-1998 was a highly regarded artist illustrator and muralist whose works are held by the Metropolitan Museum MOMA Hirshorn Museum the Smithsonian and the Art Institute of Chicago. No date circa 1922-1945 the years Kittredge was at Lakeside Press. Bound in decorative cloth Near Fine light soiling to cloth. each of the paintings signed in pencil verso at bottom edge. A unique piece of Chicago and Lakeside Press publishing history Bennett had a longtime working relationship with the publishers Scott Foresman. Ann and Rainey Bennett Hardcover
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