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Sale 2065 - Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana
Nov 14, 2024
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[LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB]. DE KOONING, Willem (1904-1997), illustrator. -- O'HARA, Frank (1926-1966). Poems. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1988.
Large folio. 17 lithographs by Willem de Kooning. Original black morocco gilt; publisher's folding case.
LIMITED EDITION, number 149 of 550 copies with de Kooning's authorized facsimile signature. Frank O'Hara was a writer, critic, and museum curator whose poetry was described by critic Mark Doty as being "urbane, ironic...often wildly funny." The first posthumous collection of his poetry, The Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara, shared the 1972 National Book Award for Poetry.