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1032. "Facing East" by Jack Levine (American, born 1915)

New York 1970: "Facing East" Signed by Jack Levine and James A. Michener, once inside clamshell box & once on limitation page. No. 572 of 2500 copies. Includes five original lithographs signed by the artist in the stone, two of them are of the same image. There are fifty four original watercolors, gouaches and drawings from the sketchbook by Jack Levine, these were printed by phototypie and ponchoir processes on Ingres paper. From two to forty colors were hand-brushed on each, all in a separate black leather portfolio. The original woodcuts & the text were printed on Arches paper. -The original "hors-texte" woodcut was pulled on Kawanaka Japanese vellum paper. Illustrated by Color plates. Unbounded portfolio.



200/300   Sold $195.50
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