Charlot

1933 · 19331JC — New York Los Angeles: John Becker 1933. 1st editions SIGNED LIMITED. see individual items. see individual items. JEAN CHARLOT Lot consisting of: <br /> <br /> 1/ PICTURE BOOK - 32 Original Lithographs by Jean Charlot<br /> <br /> New York: John Becker 1933. First Edition. 8.75 x 11 inches bound in printed wrappers with dust jacket. With inscriptions by Paul Claudel. Illustrated with 32 original lithographs in color drawn on zinc plates rather than stones by Jean Charlot and printed under the technical supervision of Will A. Kistler. Copy #315 of an edition limited to 500; all signed on the colophon page by the Jean Charlot typesetter Lynton R. Kistler and designer Merle Armitage. <br /> <br /> "The beautiful illustrations in this book typical of Charlot's Mexican figure style are these lithographs drawn by the artist on zinc plates rather than stones." The Artist and the book<br /> <br /> Condition: The rare dust jacket has repairs and damage along the spine and heavy edge wear. Four of the originally 6 inside flaps are missing. The damaged and faded spine has been stabilized with a paper strip in the inside. <br /> Book and plates are Very Good. In all Very Good<br /> <br /> 2/ Set of 9 original printers proofs for the book "32 Original Lithographs by Jean Charlot. All individually signed.<br /> <br /> several of the photos show a page from "Picture Book" and the corresponding proof next to each other.<br /> <br /> For "Picture Book" New York: John Becker 1933 the 32 color lithographs were drawn directly on large zinc plates and printed using new techniques that allowed for brilliant color separations. Present here are nine of the printer's proofs used to test the color separations. Most have slightly different color registrations than eventually appeared in the published book. All are pencil-signed by Charlot as well as signed in the plate. Two have the temporary drawing number and title printed in the plate; the others are only the printed images. interesting is that the proof of plate no. 29 is called 'Solitude' which was then changed to 'The Brass Bed' in the book. Individual copies of several of the book's lithographs occasionally appear on the market -- either unsigned removed from a broken copy of the book or one of several "artist's proofs" reserved for Charlot. However these are very rare and several have never been seen for sale individually. Sizes vary because of trimming but are generally 8-1/2"x10-1/2". <br /> <br /> Condition: Good-Very Good. Several have light edge-wear one with a few nicks one with some paper-clip transfer but all of the margins are wide and none of the flaws affect the images. All had been mounted at some time and have brown paper tape residue on the versos not affecting the rectos.<br /> <br /> 3/ Original 4-page prospectus for Picture Book with a signed original lithograph "La Malinche"<br /> <br /> The prospectus is pencil signed by Charlot. The prospectus is good with toning at the fold and a few small nicks. Ex libris Stendahl Art Galleries Los Angeles which was one of the book's distributors with the gallery stamp on the ordering blank inside the prospectus. Until its closure several years ago the Stendahl Gallery was one of America's oldest continuously operating private art galleries and a major provider of avant-garde works to major institutions throughout the world. Condition: FINE. John Becker unknown