Sale 2497 - Fine Illustrated Books & Graphics, January 29, 2019

90 c   FREEDMAN, BARNETT. Barnett Freedman: The Graphic Art * Tone, Texture, Light and Shade. Together, 2 Limited First Editions. Text by Ian Rogerson. Numerous color plates; the first work contains a DVD of the film “The King’s Stamp.” 4to, original bindings. One of 500 copies; and one of 90 copies containing a lithographic Christmas card, respectively. Upper Denby: The Fleece Press, 2006; 2011 [300/400] 91 c   (BRODOVITCH, ALEXEY.) Portfolio: A Magazine for the Graphic Arts. Issue Nos. 1-3 [complete]. Edited by George S. Rosenthal and Frank Zachary with art direction by Alexey Brodovitch. Illustrated with die-cuts, transparent pages, a variety of paper stock, bound-in samples and inserts, a fold-out booklet and many other examples, includes the original pair of 3-D glasses for the article on Stereoscopy. Thin folio, original pictorial wrappers, variously but moderately worn, Volume 1 with cellotape repairs on spine. Cincinnati: Zebra Press & Duell, Sloane and Pierce, 1950-51   [800/1,200] Volume 1, Number 1, Winter 1950; Volume 1, Number 2, Summer 1950; and Volume 1, Number 3, Spring 1951. Brodovitch’s short-lived, seminal art, design and photography magazine featuring celebrated artists/designers and vernacular design including, but not limited to: Giambattista Bodoni, E. McKnight Kauffer, Trademarks by Paul Rand Shaker Design, Saul Steinberg, Photography in Fashion: (Irving Penn and Richard Avedon), Charles and Ray Eames, Charles Coiner & The Container Corporation of America, Ben Shahn, Cartier-Bresson in the Orient, Calligraphy, Jackson Pollock, Robert Osborn and Alexander Calder to highlight a few. Meticulously designed with imaginative layouts and lavishly produced with innovative printing techniques. 91 90