[JOSEPH CORNELL, LEONARDO DA VINCI, BERT STERN] A COLLECTION OF THREE ART PORTFOLIOS, 1970S
comprising:
a)
JOSEPH CORNELL. Catalogue of the Exhibition. February 28-march 20, 1976
(New York: Leo Castelli Gallery, Richard L. Feigen & Company, James Corcoran Gallery [1976]), comprising loose leaves with texts by Donald Bartheleme, Bill Copley, Tony Curtis, Howard Hussey, Allegra Kent, Julien Levy, Jonas Mekas, Robert Motherwell, Hans Namuth, and Sandra Leonard Starr, each in a different form (stapled folded letter, a enveloped note, booklet, a four-page book, portfolio pages and special features in folder pockets), a photograph of Cornell by Hans Nemuth, with studio stamp on verso, measuring: 20 x 15 cm (7 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.), within the original portfolio with marbled paper and ribbon tie closure; portfolio dimensions: 25 x 18 cm (9 7/8 x 7 1/8 in.)
b)
MAN IN THE TREVIRA ERA
. Artist: Leonardo da Vinci, a fifteen-piece slide puzzle created by 1st On; box dimensions: 47 x 47 cm (18 1/2 x 18 1/2 in.)
c)
LEVI"S IN AMERICA. A PORTFOLIO BY BERT STERN
, commissioned by Hystron Fibers and Levi Strauss (New York: Hystron Fibers, 1971), from an overall edition of 5,330, folio, comprising 9 silkscreen and lithograph prints (smallest: 13.2 x 13.2 cm, largest: 45 x 45 cm), of which one (
Love Letter
) is signed; portfolio dimensions: 47 x 47 cm (18 1/2 x 18 1/2 in.)