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  Paul Colin, “Le Tumulte Noir” portfolio 1929

  PAUL COLIN (1892-1985) France

  “Le Tumulte Noir” portfolio 1929

  Color lithographs, limited edition of 500, in original wraps
  Published by Éditions d’art, Succès: Paris, 1929

  Dimensions:
  Book: H: 19 11/16” x W: 13 1/16”
  Custom leather box: H: 21” x W: 14 3/8” x D: 1 5/16”
  Custom silk slipcase: H: 21 ¼” x W: 14 1/16” x D: 1 11/16”

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  Archibald Knox / Liberty & Co. Important and Rare Tudric Clock 1902

  ARCHIBALD KNOX (1864-1933) UK
  LIBERTY & CO. London

  Extremely rare and important grand clock by Archibald Knox for Liberty & Co. This is the largest of all of the Tudric models designed and is inset with abalone shell on the sides, the front corners and on the hands of the clock.

  Marks: TUDRIC, 098

  Illustrated: The Designs of Archibald Knox for Liberty & Co., A..J. Tilbrook (London: Ornament Press Ltd., 1976) pg. 88; The Liberty Style, (Japan: Hida Takayama Museum of Arts, 1999) fig. 168, p 114; Archibald Knox, ed. by Stephen A. Martin (London: Academy Editions, 1995) p. 88.

  H: 15″ x W: 7″ x D: 5″

  ***This is the largest clock designed by Archibald Knox for
  Liberty & Co. and one of only three models known.

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  W.C. Handy, “Blues – An Anthology” 1926

  W.C. HANDY ed. (1973-1958) USA
  “Blues – An Anthology” 1926
  180pp. bound in blue cloth with original dust jacket. Very scarce work, considered the most famous blues collection in history, it includes historical notes, tunes and arrangements, notes for each song, a bibliography, and a chart of guitar chords.
  With an introduction and notes by Abbe Niles
  Illustrations by Miguel Covarrubias
  Published by Albert & Charles Boni, New York

  Dimensions:
  Book: H: 11 ¾” x W: 9 1/8” x D: 1”
  Custom leather box 2008: H: 13 13/16” x W: 10 3/8” x D: 2 7/16”
  Custom silk slipcase: H: 15” x W: 11 1/8” x D: 3 3/8”

  William Christopher Handy was a composer, musician and a music publisher. He was sometimes called the “Father of the Blues” and was credited with helping popularize blues music. Handy was a seminal figure in the development of American songwriting. His compositions assimilated folk tunes, blues, spirituals, minstrel songs, and elements of European music and forged a new sound in American popular commercial music. Born in Florence, Alabama, Handy began arranging music when in grade school. By the turn of the century, he had toured or was touring with a number of minstrel acts and bands. He became a leading bandleader in Memphis, Tennessee, and eventually wrote such classics as “The Memphis Blues” (1912), “The St. Louis Blues” (1914), and “Beale Street Blues” (1916). In addition to his songwriting, Handy also founded an important and influential music publishing concern, the Pace and Handy Music Company, in 1913. Finally, Handy’s books and writings, such as his autobiography, Father of the Blues (1941), and Blues: An Anthology (1926), comprise an important contribution to American culture. In 1979, New York City joined the list of institutions and municipalities to honor Handy by naming a stretch of West 52nd Street in Manhattan “W.C. Handy Place.”

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  Walasse Ting “One Cent Life”, 68 Original Pop-Art & Cobra Graphics 1964

  WALASSE TING (1929-) China / USA

  “ONE CENT LIFE” 1964

  68 Original Pop-Art & Cobra Graphics
  Limited edition of 2000 copies, Elephant Folio, 176 pages
  Edited by Sam Francis (1923-1994)
  Published by E.W. Kornfeld, Bern, Switzerland

  Dimensions:
  Book: H: 16 3/8” x W: 12”
  Custom leather box: H: 18 1/16” x W: 13” x D: 2 7/16”
  Custom silk slipcase” H: 19 1/8” x W: 13 7/8” x D: 3 3/16”

  Artists that contributed original graphic work illustrating Walasse Ting’s poetry for this volume include: Pierre Alechinsky (5), Karel Appel (5), Enrico Baj (2), Alan Davie (3), Jim Dine (2), Sam Francis (6), Robert Indiana (2), Alfred Jensen (3), Asger Jorn (2), Allan Kaprow, Alfred Leslie (2), Roy Lichtenstein (2 + cover), Joan Mitchell, Claes Oldenburg (3), Mel Ramos (2), Robert Rauschenberg (2), James Rosenquist, Bram Van Velde, Andy Warhol, and Tom Wesselman (2).

  Walasse Ting, born in Shanghai, is a self-taught painter, sculptor, graphic artist and poet. Leaving China in 1949 to travel, he reached Paris in 1953 and became acquainted with artists Karel Appel, Asger Jorn and Pierre Alechinsky, members of the avant-garde group known as COBRA. Since 1963, he has lived in New York.

  “Ting wanted to publish the most international illustrated book, intended to illustrate his text, uniting tachisme, neo-dadaisme, pop art, and all other artistic movements. The idea was born from global experience, close contact with culture, pseudo-culture, primitive existential worries, urban erotic and eastern wisdom.. It was a Herculean task, for which only a Chinese would have been able to muster the perseverance” – E. W. Kornfeld.