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Lot 188
Sale 2083 - For the Love of Barnes: The Collection of Dr. Richard J. Wattenmaker
Sep 22, 2024
12:00PM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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$800 -
1,200
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$4,763
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Lot Description
[Art] [Hugo, Jean] Sachs, Maurice. Au Temps du Boeuf sur le Toit
Presentation Copy With An Original Gouache Illustration by Jean Hugo
Paris: Editions de la Nouvelle Revue Critique, (1939). First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by artist and cover designer, Jean Hugo in blue gouache on half-title, to his friend Richard J. Wattenmaker, and with an original illustration of a city skyline by Hugo above same, in blue gouache. 12mo. 326, (2) pp. Publisher's stiff pictorial printed wrappers, illustrated by Hugo, in original glassine; text leaves edges toned, as usual.
A lovely copy of Maurice Sachs' memoir of the 1920s, featuring an original illustration by cover-designer and artist, Jean Hugo.
The Collection of Richard J. and Eva Wattenmaker, Pennsylvania
This lot is located in Philadelphia.