Lot 81
Midnight Paper Sales.- Schanilec (Gaylord) High Bridge: Ten Wood Engravings of Demolition with Nine Stories of Construction, one of 200 copies, St.Paul, Mn., 1987.
Hammer Price: £450
Description
Midnight Paper Sales.- Schanilec (Gaylord) High Bridge: Ten Wood Engravings of Demolition with Nine Stories of Construction, number 117 of 200 copies signed by the artist with his chop mark, 10 colour wood-engravings by Schanilec, one double-page, original cloth, paper label to upper cover, small 4to, St. Paul, Mn., Midnight Paper Sales Press, 1987.
⁂ The artist's first use of colour wood-engravings, using up to 6 or 7 different colours and 3 to 5 blocks for each design. This book established him as one of America's master printers and book artists.
Description
Midnight Paper Sales.- Schanilec (Gaylord) High Bridge: Ten Wood Engravings of Demolition with Nine Stories of Construction, number 117 of 200 copies signed by the artist with his chop mark, 10 colour wood-engravings by Schanilec, one double-page, original cloth, paper label to upper cover, small 4to, St. Paul, Mn., Midnight Paper Sales Press, 1987.
⁂ The artist's first use of colour wood-engravings, using up to 6 or 7 different colours and 3 to 5 blocks for each design. This book established him as one of America's master printers and book artists.
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