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GROLIER 75, A BIOGRAPHICAL RETROSPECTIVE TO CELEBRATE THE SEVENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GROLIER CLUB IN NEW YORK.
Limited to 1000 copies. Gives biographical sketches of 75 of the more prominent members of the Grolier Club including such collectors as William Loring Andrews, Beverly Chew, William Clements, A. Edward Newton, etc. Lacks slipcase.
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Books of related interests - -
> Asaf, Allen, PUBLICATIONS OF THE GROLIER CLUB: 1884-1983
> Funke, Claudia (editor), GROLIER 2000: A FURTHER GROLIER CLUB BIOGRAPHICAL RETROSPECTIVE IN CELEBRATION OF THE MILLENNIUM.
> Fleck, Robert D., A. EDWARD NEWTON, A COLLECTION OF HIS WORKS.
> THE GROLIER CLUB, 1884-1984, ITS LIBRARY, EXHIBITIONS, & PUBLICATIONS.
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THE COTE D'AZUR TRIANGLE.
by Kondoleon, Harry.
Signed, Limited Edition, one of 125 copies only on Rives BFK, all signed by the author and artist, hand set in Janson, lithographs and etchings pulled by the Printmaking Workshop of Bob Blackburn. Bound by Gerard Charriere. In this play by Harry Kondoleon, "A woman, her husband, and her husband's lover go up and down the Riviera only to be disappointed by the Riviera. The dullness of the Cote D'Azur reveals to these Americans the dullness and impossibility of love...they tire of one another and pursue sex partners at random until they are attacked and consumed by sea dragons." Mark Beard's brilliant illustrations of these "two-dimensional and ironic" characters, in their bathing suits and sunglasses, in saturated primary colors and his flat presentation, are overwhelming in their impact of the characters' vapidity. With such illustrations as Greek temple caryatids folding out to reveal the Cote d'Azur and paper doll players, Beard's art inexpressibly moves the viewer to realize the inevitable crush of the dragon of these pitiable self-centered creatures. A brilliant mixture of wit and irony with difficult and innovative printmaking techniques producing prints with highly unusual textures, especially in the final fold out, which has an effect of great richness and mystery.
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