Christina's World [ with Wyeth at Kuerners ]

Andrew Wyeth

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1982. First Limited Numbered Edition. Half tan morocco gilt with linen boards. Fine / No jacket or slipcase. Item #5338

First edition set, both volumes with full number lines, both volumes signed by Andrew and Betsy Wyeth on the limitation pages. Issued in a restricted run of only 200 copies; this set is unnumbered. Bound in original half tan morocco with linen boards and gilt-lettered cloth. Folio size (13½ × 10½ inches). Lavishly illustrated throughout. An absolute pleasure to leaf through both volumes, cover to cover.

A faint smudge is present on the front cloth board of "Christina’s World," with negligible wrinkling to the first few pages of the same volume. Small smudge to the back cover, lower left corner of "Wyeth at Kuerners," very slight sign of small area of discoloration. Overall condition for both volumes is Fine, in collectible collection: tightly bound, clean throughout, with crisp plates.

A set of coveted, authentic signatures from one of America’s most important artists, accompanying hundreds of high-quality reproductions of Wyeth’s paintings and illustrations, along with in-depth examinations of his artistic process and the evolution of his style and techniques. "Christina’s World" includes extensive analysis of the hundreds of preparatory sketches and compositional decisions Wyeth made in arriving at the final painting, as well as intimate details of his friendship with the painting's muse.

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Price: $1,385.00  other currencies