John Baldessari - Evening Editions New York Wednesday, October 26, 2011 | Phillips

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  • Literature

    Sharon Coplan Hurowitz 31-35

  • Catalogue Essay

    Including: Man Collapsed on Sofa; Man Tied to Chair (A fix'd inflexible sorrow), Two Nude Women Perched on a Rock (The promontory of Noses), Man and Woman in Bed, Obliterated; Hand Holding Fountain (The thing to be concealed, Man Running; Men Carrying Coffin (Fly for my life, and Man and Woman, Uncoupled Embracers and Kissers (No more sin)

    -'Tis a long journey, Sir, replied the master of the inn - unless a man has great business. - Tut! tut! Said the stranger, I have been at the promontory of Noses; and have got me one of the goodliest and jolliest, thank heaven, that ever fell into a single man's lot.
    Laurence Sterne The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, The Arion Press, San Francisco, p 237

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A Suite of Five Lithographs from Tristam Shandy

1988
The complete set of five lithographs in colors, on T.H. Saunders paper, with full margins, with accompanying deluxe book set including The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, the complete novel by Laurence Sterne, bound with green calf spine and corners and marbled paper over boards; Laurence Sterne and Tristram Shandy, a critical essay by Dr. Melvyn New, bound with green paper overboards; and Artist's book with 39 photocollage illustrations by John Baldessari with quotations from the novel by Laurence Stern, accordion fold bound with green paper overboards,
31 x 23 1/2 in. (78.7 x 59.7 cm)
(books) 11 x 7 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. (27.9 x 19.7 x 11.4 cm)

all prints signed and numbered 32/50 in pencil (there were also 15 hors commerce impressions issued for the artist, printer and publisher), all published by Arion Press, San Francisco, all in excellent condition, the prints contained in original green paper-covered portfolio and the books in a separate green paper-covered slip-case and original corrugated cardboard shipping box.

Estimate
$12,000 - 18,000 

Evening Editions

26 October 2011
New York