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RICHARD TAYLOR.
Contest submission with over 80 original
drawings for The Limited Editions Club.
80 pen, ink, and wash drawings for
Anatole France’s Penguin Island on paper
mounted or tipped to 45 green stiff paper
sheets, one or two images to a page. Single
images measure 343x248 mm; 13
1
/
2
x9
1
/
2
inches, smaller images measure 140x248
mm; 5
1
/
2
x9
3
/
4
inches, loose as issued in
Taylor’s own portfolio with cover label.
All signed or initialed in ink. Original
contest prospectus laid in. New York,
1932-33.
[6,000/9,000]
A fascinating look into how artists submitted
their designs for the famed publisher of sub-
scription illustrated books, The Limited
Editions Club. A look through Taylor’s pro-
posed illustrations, including racy nuns, partying
monks, much nudity, and a smattering of sex
and violence explains why the highly accom-
plished but much too naughty nature of these
images was not suitable for the staid publisher.
It was never accepted.
