Sale 2514 - The Pride Sale, June 20, 2019

239 c MARK BEARD (1956-) Manhattan Third Year Reader. 41 collage-linocuts by Beard. Calligraphic text printed in blue. Oblong folio, 11 1 / 4 x15 inches, 28.6x38.5 cm., original red cloth; vertical crease with short tear in front free endpaper; else fine. New York: Vincent FitzGerald Gallery, 1984. [2,000/3,000] number two of only thirty copies , signed by beard . The work is Beard’s autobiography and dream diary upon his arrival and first years in New York City from his Mormon youth in Utah. The papers used in printing were selected by FitzGerald on his way to Beard’s loft each morning during this collaborative production. 239 240