Lot 532
O'Hara (Frank) A City Winter and other Poems, scarce first edition of the author's first book, number 28 of 130 copies, New York, Editions of the Tibor de Nagy Gallery, 1951.
Hammer Price: £600
Description
O'Hara (Frank) A City Winter and other Poems, number 28 of 130 copies on 'French Arches paper', and with 2 plates on 'Japanese Shogun paper', in an edition of 150 copies, 2 monochrome full-page illustrations by Larry Rivers, loose in original plain white wrappers, lightly marked, 8vo, New York, Editions of the Tibor de Nagy Gallery, 1951.
⁂ Scarce copy of the first edition of the author's first book. O'Hara was a member of the New York School of Poets. He worked at MoMA, where he met and befriended Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning, amongst others. This work was also the first in this series to be issued by the Tibor de Nagy Gallery.
Description
O'Hara (Frank) A City Winter and other Poems, number 28 of 130 copies on 'French Arches paper', and with 2 plates on 'Japanese Shogun paper', in an edition of 150 copies, 2 monochrome full-page illustrations by Larry Rivers, loose in original plain white wrappers, lightly marked, 8vo, New York, Editions of the Tibor de Nagy Gallery, 1951.
⁂ Scarce copy of the first edition of the author's first book. O'Hara was a member of the New York School of Poets. He worked at MoMA, where he met and befriended Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning, amongst others. This work was also the first in this series to be issued by the Tibor de Nagy Gallery.
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