Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
complete set of 30 screenprints (12 in colors), on Arches 88 paper with full margins, two pencil signed and numbered 89/150, each with the blindstamps of the publisher/printer, Arabesque Books, Santa Barbara/SOMA Fine Art Press, San Francisco, with accompanying text by Harvey Mudd, title and colophon page, signed by Prince and Mudd and numbered 89 on the colophon page(There are 150 numbered editions, 30 HC copies, and 26 Deluxe editions) the sheets loose (as issued) and contained in the original printed portfolio and fabric-covered slipcase
sheet (each): 14 3/4 x 12 1/4 inchesslipcase: 16 x 13 x 2 1/2 inches
From a New Jersey collection
very good condition, one print has a small spot of surface soiling in the top edge, portfolio has one loose edge
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