Estimate: $400 - $600
Price Realized: $320 Includes buyer's premium
text by Paul Éluard, with introduction by Anne Hyde Greet
comprising 80 lithographs in colors on paper
copy 75 from the total edition of 130
first edition, published by George Braziller, Inc., Switzerland, printed by Victor Chevalier
overall: 13 x 10 1/4 x 1 inches
Property from the Estate of Rosa and Aaron Esman
overall very good condition, with some very gentle toning
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Throughout their seventy-year marriage Rosa and Aaron Esman shared passion for the arts amassed into an exciting collection of Modern, Post-War, and Contemporary art. Rosa owned several art galleries including Tanglewood Gallery and Rosa Esman Gallery, and was a founding partner of Ubu Gallery. She was a pioneer print publisher of limited edition artworks while at Tanglewood Press, Original Editions, and Abrams Original Editions.
Dr. Aaron Esman was a lover of books, classical and jazz performances, and theater. He was deeply fascinated by the human mind as a psychiatrist and its connections to creativity and often wrote on the subject. Together the Esman’s built a rich collection of art influenced by their shared and individual passions full of Modernism, Dada, Russian Constructivism, and American Pop Art.
