05-21-201005-22-2010
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2507Boston
May 21, 2010 12:00 PMCalender
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Larry Rivers, illustrator (American, 1923-2002) The Donkey and the Darling

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Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2507Location: BostonDate / Time: May 21, 2010 12:00PM

Description:

Larry Rivers, illustrator (American, 1923-2002)

The Donkey and the Darling, by Terry Southern, published in 1977 by Universal Limited Art Editions, Bay Shore, New York, total edition of 44, unbound with fifty-two color lithographs. Each image signed and dated "Larry Rivers '68-'77" in pencil l.r., and numbered and signed "Terry Southern XI/XXXV" in pencil l.l. Sheet sizes 17 1/2 x 20 3/4 in. (44.4 x 52.5 cm),presented in the publisher's green lacquered wood case inset with a mirror-backed title under hand-blown glass.
Condition: Good.

Provenance: Purchased from the publisher, 1979; the estate of Mary Lee Ingbar, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Estimate $4,000-6,000

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Larry Rivers, Universal Limited, Mary Lee Ingbar, Massachusetts, Cambridge