Fine Books & Manuscripts

[MODERN ART BOOKS]. Portfolio: The Annual of the Graphic Arts. Vol. 1, No. 3. Edited by George S. Rosenthal and Frank Zachary. Cincinnati: Zebra Press, 1951. Folio. Illustrated in color and in black and white, various paper stocks and inserts, with 3–D glasses as issued. Publisher’s printed wrappers (spine toned with some separation to panel near head). The last to be published in the 3-volume series, this work includes Henry Cartier–Bresson, Ben Shahn’s stereoscopy with 3–D glasses for viewing, calligraphy and French marbled paper with tipped–in examples, and many other artists. “A virtual museum between covers” (Heller). Heller, Merz to Émigré, pp. 134–139. –– [TOGETHER WITH:] Kandinsky. Edited by Hilla Rebay. New York City: Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, 1945. 4to. Tipped–in with illustrations after Kandinsky and photographs after Rebay. Original black cloth gilt with pictorial cover label. –– Together, 2 works in 2 volumes, conditional generally very good.