[Rarebooks] FS: GENESIS with 8 Original Silkscreens by Jacob Lawrence

[Charles Agvent]

(LAWRENCE,  Jacob). THE FIRST BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED  GENESIS.  THE
KING  JAMES VERSION. New York: Limited Editions Club 1989. Large folio
bound  in  full midnight blue Japanese cotton. Number 356 of only  400
numbered  copies,  SIGNED  on the colophon by Jacob Lawrence  who  has
contributed  eight  original silkscreens to this massive (16"  x  22")
and  truly  magnificent  work, one of the high points  of  the  press.
These  silkscreens  are identical, except for not  being  individually
signed,  to the very few portfolios of eight prints currently  selling
for  upwards of $50,000. According to the publisher, anywhere from  17
to  21  screens  were  required  to bring out  the  coloring  of  each
illustration,  making  a total of 144 separate stencils, all of  which
were  destroyed after the strictly limited number of some 400 original
sets  of prints had been achieved on the fine Whatman paper  specified
by  the Osiris Printing Studio in New York. The text was printed  on a
heavy  handmade  paper from Cartiere Enrico Magnani of Pescia,  Italy.
Monthly  Letter  laid  in. A gorgeous book. The  clamshell  box  has a
small  area  of discoloration on the front cover; the book is as  new.
Fine  in  a  suede  lined  linen clamshell  box  with  leather  label.
                                                               $8500.00

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