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BLACK DICE
by Baldessari, John
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- Seller
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Peter Blum Edition, 1982.. Portfolio of nine original etchings and one silver gelatin print photograph (images 16 x 20cm printed on 42 x 50cm sheets). The whole enclosed in hinged folding polished wood box (55 x 46 cm), titled in black. Fine. Copy #6 of 35 numbered portfolios (plus ten copies numbered in Roman for special distribution). The etchings combine photo- etching, aquatint, soft ground and sugar lift, and each is numbered and signed in the lower margin. They were printed by Peter Kneubuhler, Zurich. The sequence of images in the portfolio take as their topic a visual "forensic" extrapolation from isolated elements in the enclosed photograph, itself a publicity still from the highly controversial 1948 British film adaptation of J.H. Chase's 1939 novel, NO ORCHIDS FOR MISS BLANDISH. Regarded by many critics as among the worst films of its generation, the film's title was changed to BLACK DICE for a US re-release. Accompanied by a 1980 Penguin paperbound copy of the novel. Substantial shipping charges.
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WRCLIT87971
- Title
- BLACK DICE
- Author
- Baldessari, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Peter Blum Edition
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1982.
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About the Seller
William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB
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New Haven, Connecticut
About William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB
Since 1975, William Reese Company has served a large international clientele of collectors and private and public institutions in the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts and in collection development.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization.
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