[Rarebooks] FS: "The Work of Maier-Krieg" inscribed by Merle Armitage. NY: 1932

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Armitage, Merle. THE WORK OF [EUGENE] MAIER-KRIEG. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 1932. 4to. (10),8,(2)pp. Plus 40 plates printed by the autochrome process, each with a facing page of description. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies, signed by E. Maier-Krieg on the limitation leaf. This book is also inscribed and signed to Archie Linde on a rear blank by Merle Armitage, dated 1937. Original heavy black cloth, gilt, over beige woven fabric.   Monograph on the artist Maier-Krieg, who emigrated from Germany to Los Angeles in 1924 and worked with the movie studios and the WPA.                    $175.00 (trade discount allowed)
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