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[GRAPHICS] [JAZZ] MARTIN, David StoneBiblio.com
Music at Christmas and Christmas in music." Portfolio
84869Roosevelt NJ: by the Author c.1956. Quarto 37cm. Printed card portfolio holding twelve lithographic plates loose as issued. All lithographs are signed in plate; Martin has inscribed the portfolio "Jean and Sol Libsohn / David" undated. Very mild external toning and soil; Near Fine. Inside of portfolio is printed with a holiday sentiment and also a brief blurb from Alan Lomax commenting on the illustrations.<br /> <br /> Scarce portfolio of lithographic prints reproducing Martin's illustrations for Alan Lomax's Mr. Jelly Roll a biography of jazz pianist Jelly Roll Morton published in 1956. Issued without imprint presumably printed as a Christmas gift to friends of the artist. This copy is inscribed to the photographer Sol Libsohn and his wife Jean who were Martin's neighbors in Roosevelt New Jersey a WPA town founded in 1939 which by the Fifties had become a destination for artists writers and musicians seeking refuge from but proximity to the New York art scene. Martin 1913-1992 was a noted mid-century illustrator known best for his many jazz album covers for Folkways and Blue Note in the Fifties and Sixties. Of the present portfolio we locate only a single copy in OCLC Pitt with no other example traced in commerce. unknown
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