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Books on Modernism

Auction CurrencyUSD Auction Location1440 West Hubbard, Chicago, Illinois, United States In Person Preview16 March – 29 March 10am – 5pm daily

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Books on Modernism: Including Graphics and Related Ephemera

auction 30 march 2006, 10 am
viewing 16 - 29 march 2006, hours 10 am – 5 pm

Presenting a new opportunity for Modern collecting, Wright will be offering a vast library of books on art, architecture, design and photography. The sale will feature a carefully vetted selection of 20th century reference materials including monographs, surveys, posters, exhibition catalogs, photographs and ephemera. Also being offered are books from the Collection of Arthur and Betty Rubin, featuring numerous books and objects relating to Gertrude Stein, T. S. Eliot, and Jean Cocteau.
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American Modernism Surveys A - 30 piece500 - American Modernism Surveys A - 30 piece
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American Modernism - The Francoise & Harvey Rambach Collection Gerald Peters Gallery New York 1999 B & W/Color 309 pages Softcover<b
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American Modernism Surveys B - 30 piece501 - American Modernism Surveys B - 30 piece
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Arthur Dove Barbara Haskell New York Graphic Society Boston 1974 B & W/Color 136 pages Softcover Fine Condition Albert
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J.H. Lartigue Monograph - 1 piece502 - J.H. Lartigue Monograph - 1 piece
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Boyhood Photos of J.H. Lartigue - The Family Album of a Gilded Age Ami Guichard 1966 B & W 127 pages Hardcover Fine condition. Sever
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Edward Steichen Monographs - 5 pieces503 - Edward Steichen Monographs - 5 pieces
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Steichen Edward Steichen Doubleday Garden City 1963 B & W Hardcover DJ Steichen At War Edward Steichen Harry N. Abra
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Edward Weston Monographs - 11 pieces504 - Edward Weston Monographs - 11 pieces
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Edward Weston in Mexico 1923-1926 Amy Conger University of New Mexico Press Albuquerque 1983 B & W 128 pages Hardcover DJ <
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Photography Monographs A - 16 pieces505 - Photography Monographs A - 16 pieces
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Harry Callahan Museum of Modern Art New York 1967 B & W Softcover Good-Fair, yellowed cover Klaus Kinold - Ich wil Architektu
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Start Price : 450.00 | Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Photography Monographs B - 17 pieces506 - Photography Monographs B - 17 pieces
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Model Release Richard Kern Taschen Koln 2000 B & W/Color Hardcover Jerry N. Uelsmann - Twenty-five Years: A Retrospective
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Walker Evans Monographs - 12 pieces507 - Walker Evans Monographs - 12 pieces
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Walker Evans Aperture New York 1979 B & W 96 pages Hardcover DJ Walker Evans Museum of Modern Art New York 1971<b
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to gabeutler for (425.00 + 85.00BP) = 510.00
 
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Robert Frank Monographs - 11 pieces508 - Robert Frank Monographs - 11 pieces
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Robert Frank Photographs: The Lines of My Hand Robert Frank Pantheon Books New York 1989 B & W Hardcover DJ Robert Frank:
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Alfred Steiglitz Monographs - 8 pieces509 - Alfred Steiglitz Monographs - 8 pieces
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America and Alfred Stieglitz: A Collective Portrait Waldo Frank and Lewis Mumford and Dorothy Norman and others Doubleday Doran New York 1
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Start Price : 262.50 | Estimate : 350.00 - 450.00
 
 
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Weegee Monographs - 7 pieces510 - Weegee Monographs - 7 pieces
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Weegee: Naked New York Arthur Fellig te Neues Publishing New York 1997 B & W 80 pages Hardcover DJ Naked City Arthur
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Start Price : 225.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Photographs Monographs C - 16 pieces511 - Photographs Monographs C - 16 pieces
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Full Circle - Panoramas of Paris, Venice, Rome, Siena and Kyoto Aperture New York 1990 B & W/Color 95 pages Hardcover DJ J
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Photography Monographs D - 16 pieces512 - Photography Monographs D - 16 pieces
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Bill Brandt - Nudes 1945-1980 The Gordon Fraser Gallery Limited London 1980 B & W 100 pages Hardcover The Pirelli Calendar Al
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Bill Brandt Monographs - 9 pieces513 - Bill Brandt Monographs - 9 pieces
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London in the Thirties Bill Brandt Pantheon Books New York 1984 B & W 96 pages Hardcover DJ Fine Camera in London b
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Paul Outerbridge Monographs - 4 pieces514 - Paul Outerbridge Monographs - 4 pieces
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Paul Outerbridge: Nus Graham Howe Nathan Paris 1998 Color Hardcover DJ Outerbridge Los Angeles Center for Photographic
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Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
Sold to gabeutler for (200.00 + 40.00BP) = 240.00
 
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Photography Monographs E - 32 pieces515 - Photography Monographs E - 32 pieces
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Andrei Kertesz Anna Farova Grossman Publishers New York 1966 B & W 74 pages Softcover Very Good Andrei Kertesz: Landsc
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Estimate : 900.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to gabeutler for (475.00 + 95.00BP) = 570.00
 
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Richard Avedon Poster - 1 piece516 - Richard Avedon Poster - 1 piece
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Richard Avedon 1946-1980 University Art Museum Berkeley 1980 An oversize, double-sided fold-out poster. Yellowing to exterior folded s
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Photography Monographs F - 16 pieces517 - Photography Monographs F - 16 pieces
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Imogen Cunningham: A Portrait Judy Dater New York Graphic Society Boston 1979 B & W Hardcover DJ Fulvio Roiter Gruppo E
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Photography Monographs G - 16 pieces518 - Photography Monographs G - 16 pieces
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Pola Woman Helmut Newton Schirmer/Mosel Munich 1992 B & W/Color 151 pages Hardcover DJ Karl Blossfeldt Hans Christia
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Start Price : 600.00 | Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Photography Surveys A - 15 pieces519 - Photography Surveys A - 15 pieces
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Nadar Nigel Gosling Meulenhoff Amsertdam 1976 B & W 298 pages Hardcover DJ Private Realities: Recent American Photograp
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Photography Surveys B - 18 pieces520 - Photography Surveys B - 18 pieces
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Brancusi - Photographer Agrinde Publications New York 1979 B & W 124 pages Softcover August Sander National Portrait Galle
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Start Price : 525.00 | Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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Photography Monographs/Surveys I - 15 p521 - Photography Monographs/Surveys I - 15 p
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Man Ray Aperture New York 1997 B & W 96 pages Hardcover DJ The Picture History of Photography: From the Earliest Beginning
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Photography Monographs/Surveys II - 15 522 - Photography Monographs/Surveys II - 15
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Rodney Graham: A Little Thought Art Gallery of Ontario Toronto 2004 B & W/Color 207 pages Hardcover DJ See-Through Houses:
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Start Price : 375.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Diane Arbus Monographs - 5 pieces523 - Diane Arbus Monographs - 5 pieces
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Diane Arbus: A Biography Patricia Bosworth Knopf New York 1984 B & W 369 pages Hardcover DJ Near Fine Diane Arbus:
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Start Price : 187.50 | Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
 
 
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Paul Strand Monographs - 7 pieces524 - Paul Strand Monographs - 7 pieces
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Paul Strand Nancy Newhall The Museum of Modern Art New York 1945 B & W 32 pages Hardcover Paul Strand: Southwest Rebecc
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Cindy Sherman Monographs - 5 pieces525 - Cindy Sherman Monographs - 5 pieces
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Untitled Film Stills Cindy Sherman Rizzoli New York 1990 B & W Hardcover DJ Cindy Sherman: History Portraits Cindy Sher
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Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
Sold to whitejojie for (225.00 + 45.00BP) = 270.00
 
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Bill Owens Monographs - 4 pieces526 - Bill Owens Monographs - 4 pieces
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Suburbia Bill Owens Straight Arrow Books San Francisco 1973 B & W Softcover Signed by Owens. Our Kind of People - American
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Sugimoto Monographs - 3 pieces527 - Sugimoto Monographs - 3 pieces
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Hiroshi Sugimoto - Conceptual Forms Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporaine Paris 2004 B & W/Color 167 pages Hardcover DJ A
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Dix Portraits - 2 pieces528 - Dix Portraits - 2 pieces
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Dix Portraits Gertrude Stein Editions de la Montagne Paris Stamped number 457 from the limited printing of 500. Retains fitted case. <b
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to decoray for (50.00 + 10.00BP) = 60.00
 
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A Rose is A Rose is A Rose - 1 piece529 - A Rose is A Rose is A Rose - 1 piece
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A Rose is A Rose is A Rose Gertrude Stein William R. Scott, Inc New York 1939 67 pages Hardcover First edition with slipcase sign
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Start Price : 375.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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How to Write - 1 piece530 - How to Write - 1 piece
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How to Write Gertrude Stein Plain Edition Paris 1931 Hardcover First edition limited to one thousand copies. Signed and inscribed by
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Start Price : 1,500.00 | Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Lucy Church Amiably - 1 piece531 - Lucy Church Amiably - 1 piece
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Lucy Church Amiably Gertrude Stein Imprimerie 'Union' Paris 1930 240 pages Hardcover First edition signed and inscribed by Stein.
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Start Price : 1,125.00 | Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein - 1 532 - Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein - 1
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Matisse Picasso and Gerrude Stein wtih Two Shorter Stories Gertrude Stein Plain Edition Paris 1932 Softcover Limited printing of 500
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Operas and Plays - 1 piece533 - Operas and Plays - 1 piece
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Operas and Plays Gertrude Stein Plain Edition Paris 1932 Softcover Limited printing to 500 copies. Signed and inscribed by Stein.<br
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Portriats and Prayers - 1 piece534 - Portriats and Prayers - 1 piece
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Portriats and Prayers Gertrude Stein Random House New York 1934 264 pages Hardcover Second printing. Signed and inscribed by Stei
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Gertrude Stein letter - 1 piece535 - Gertrude Stein letter - 1 piece
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Hand-written Letter Gertrude Stein France A hand-written letter from Stein to Arthur Rubin. Signed at bottom by Stein. Yellowing.
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Start Price : 750.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Gertrude Stein Yale Series Complete - 9536 - Gertrude Stein Yale Series Complete - 9
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Alphabets and Birthdays Gertrude Stein Yale University Press New Haven 1957 Hardcover DJ Four In America Gertrude Stein<br
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Gertrude Stein Collection I - 34 pieces537 - Gertrude Stein Collection I - 34 pieces
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Selected Writings of Gertrude Stein Carl Van Vechten Random House Inc. New York 1962 706 pages Softcover Lectures in America<
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Gertrude Stein Collection II - 21 piece538 - Gertrude Stein Collection II - 21 piece
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The Making of America Gertrude Stein Something Else Press New York 1966 Hardcover DJ The Yale Gertrude Stein Richard Koste
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Triumphal March - 1 piece539 - Triumphal March - 1 piece
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Triumphal March T.S. Eliot Faber and Faber London 1931 Hardcover Numbered 61 from the edition of 300 copies. Signed in pencil by Eli
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Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
Sold to johndbyars for (390.00 + 78.00BP) = 468.00
 
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T.S. Eliot collection - 25 pieces540 - T.S. Eliot collection - 25 pieces
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Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats T.S. Eliot Harcourt, Brace and Company New York 1939 Hardcover DJ The Family Reunion T
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to decoray for (550.00 + 110.00BP) = 660.00
 
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French Poetry/Art Collection - 11 piece541 - French Poetry/Art Collection - 11 piece
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Sculpteurs de Ce Temps Jacques Baschet Nouvelles Editions Francaises Paris 1946 Softcover Henri Bergson Paul Valery Domat-
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Start Price : 375.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Poetry collection - 11 pieces542 - Poetry collection - 11 pieces
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Transition - No. 16-17 Paris 1929 American Literature Duke University Press Durham, NC 1943 The Paris Review - 32 1964
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Start Price : 225.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Oscar Wilde Collection - 8 pieces543 - Oscar Wilde Collection - 8 pieces
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The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde The Marvin Press New York 1931 255 pages Hardcover De Profundis Oscar Wilde G.P.
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Start Price : 225.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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E.E. Cummings, Pair - 2 pieces544 - E.E. Cummings, Pair - 2 pieces
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No Thanks E.E. Cummings The Golden Eagle Press New York 1935 First trade edition. Unnumbered from the edition of 900 copies. Him
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to decoray for (125.00 + 25.00BP) = 150.00
 
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Henry Miller books - 2 pieces545 - Henry Miller books - 2 pieces
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Histoire de Marie Henry Miller and Brassai Les Editions du Pont Jour 1949 Softcover Stamped number 1823 from the limited printing of 25
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to decoray for (100.00 + 20.00BP) = 120.00
 
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Jean Boullet/Jean Messagier collection 546 - Jean Boullet/Jean Messagier collection
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Evangiles Jean Boullet and Raymond Asso Les Editions du Trois-Mats Paris 1947 Stamped number 134 from the limited edition of 350 exampl
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The Journals of Jean Cocteau - 1 piece547 - The Journals of Jean Cocteau - 1 piece
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The Journals of Jean Cocteau Wallace Fowlie Criterion Books New York 1956 Hardcover DJ Second page contains a colored line drawin
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Start Price : 675.00 | Estimate : 900.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Cocteau Ceramic Collection - 6 pieces548 - Cocteau Ceramic Collection - 6 pieces
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plate Jean Cocteau Limoges France 1960s Stamped signature to underside: [Limoges France]. Mild soiling appearing as spots. p
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Cocteau Drawing - 1 piece549 - Cocteau Drawing - 1 piece
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Marin American Jean Cocteau Pen and ink on paper. Signed and titled lower right corner. Framed. <b>Shipping</b> Shipping for Books on
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Start Price : 1,500.00 | Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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