Ivan Albright, Signed (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 170 plates, 83 in full color. Bright red cloth binding with gilt titles. Boldly signed and inscribed to previous owner by the author on the title page. A beautiful copy. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover special LIMITED EDITION of 150 copies bound in leather and signed by the artist, this is #9. Special shipping arrangements and/or costs due to size and value.

Hardcover/Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. Albright, Ivan (illustrator). Near fine condition limited edition signed by artist on limitation page. Bound in leather and signed by the artist. This edition is limited to 150, the first 100 made available to collectors who had previously acquired a signed/numbered lithograph (not included with this book), 15 to those who received the 15 signed artist's proofs (not included with this book) and remaining 35 reserved for the artist and publisher. This is #83. Gilt text block, blue leather binding with dark blue fabric. 12" x 15 1/4". Shelfwear includes some rubbed areas of leather, and bumped corners. Three unknown stains on rear cover cloth, each 1/4" - 1/2" or less. To impression lines rear leather. Else as new and unread. Additional photos available upon request. Due to size and weight, this book is not eligible for priority or international shipping. signed by author or artist.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. SIGNED by Ivan Albright. CLEAN very good 1978 hardcover with very good dust jacket. some foxing. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First edition and first printing. Large hardcover. 308 pages. Small folio. Features a foreword by Jean Dubuffet and text by Michael Croydon. Includes 170 plates with 83 in color. A clean and tight very near fine copy in red cloth boards and in a very near fine dust jacket that has some very minor wear. Signed by Albright twice on the second endpaper, once in green ink and another in blue ink and also signed by Croydon on the title page in the year of publication. A lovely copy of what remains one of the best books on this underappreciated artist. This is a heavy and oversized book and will require extra shipping. Signed.

First Edition. First edition and first printing. Large hardcover. 308 pages. Small folio. Number 51 of only 150 specially bound copies. Features a foreword by Jean Dubuffet and text by Michael Croydon. Includes 170 plates with 83 in color. A clean near fine copy in three quarter leather binding with some very slight color shift to the cloth portion and with all page edges gilt. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by Albright on the limitation page. No lithograph. A lovely copy of the deluxe issue of what remains one of the best books on this underappreciated American artist. This is a heavy and oversized book and will require extra shipping. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. 1st. Foreword by Jean Debuffet. With 170 plates including 83 in full color. 1st edition, signed twice by Albright and once by Croydon. Folio, cloth lettered in gilt on the cover and spine, dust jacket very lightly bumped at the heel of the spine, else fine. Signed.

Full Leather. Condition: Fine - As New. Limited Numbered First Deluxe Edition. A very scarce magnificent book in fine, like new condition in a fine custom clamshell case with the scarce shipping carton, SIGNED by five of the world's greatest artists: Marc Chagall (1887-1985), Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986), Joan Miro (1893-1983), Ivan Albright (1897-1983) and W. de Kooning (1904-1997) on the occasion of the 100th birthday of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1979. The signatures are original and are each on a separate page. In addition, the great Marc Chagall signed and dated his signature, "Pour Art Inst. Chicago, Marc Chagall, 1979." First printing deluxe edition (so stated), copy # 60 of 100 total copies issued as one of four major events celebrating the Art Institute's 100th birthday, according to David C. Hilliard, Life Trustee of the Art Institute of Chicago who headed the project. According to Mr. Hilliard, the deluxe books were sold, in good part, to buy an Indian sculpture in honor of Board Chairman James Alsdorf and his wife Marilyn. Per Hilliard: "There is a good story connected with the book. We sent a young man down to visit Georgia O'Keefe and ask for her agreement to participate. Georgia could be prickly, so we chose as our envoy a young man whose father had given her the land on which she had her house and studio. And indeed he was given a warm reception and tour. When they parted, Georgia said she would sign. but then added "If you will tell me the location of my painting that I gave to the Art Institute, 'East River from the Shelton.'" We were overjoyed and asked the American Arts Department to let us see it. As Georgia knew, it had presumably been stolen years before, and a full search could not locate it. But she relented (I think she enjoyed her joke) and signed the books anyway!" Printed and bound by RR Donnelley & Sons' Lakeside Press. Bound in very fine dark red Morocco leather with beautiful gold gilt on the page edges. In beautiful very fine condition. THE BOOK: The book measures 10.5" x 14." In addition to the valuable signature pages, this large book contains beautiful color reproductions of 100 of the most magnificent art treasures that the Art Institute of Chicago holds in trust, including paintings by the artists who signed the book. Enclosed in a heavy wood clamshell box covered by matching red leather with a large gold gilt lion on the front lid. The art world has now lost all of these great artists but in this book their signatures and their paintings live on. A very special and collectable book. Weighs over 10 lb.