Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2308Location: BostonDate / Time: February 19, 2006 11:00AM
Description:
Parker, Ann and Avon NealA Portfolio of Rubbings from Early American Stone Sculpture Found in the Burying
Grounds of New England.
Woodstock, Vermont: Elm Tree Press, 1964. Number 32 of 50 copies. Three folios: small, medium, and elephant each with 14 plates, 42 total, each plate identified, numbered "32/50" and signed by Parker and Neal, including table of contents; loose as issued in cloth clamshell boxes.
Note: An inscription on the frontispiece reads: In 1963, as part of its 50th Anniversary program, Art in America magazine sponsored the publication of a series of portfolios of original gravestone rubbings made by Ann Parker and Avon Neal. The work was conducted under a Ford Foundation Grant. A limited number of each of the rubbings was made for the portfolios, issued in three different sizes.
Estimate $3,000-5,000
all in excellent condition.