Sale 2497 - Fine Illustrated Books & Graphics, January 29, 2019

195 c   MOTHERWELL, ROBERT. Robert Motherwell: Selected Prints 1961-1974. Foreword by Arthur Cohen. Photographic plates. 203x305 mm; 8x12 inches. 14 pages. Oblong 8vo, wrap-around lithograph and collage wrappers by Motherwell with Gauloises cigarette packaging. signed by motherwell on the title - page , scarce thus , especially in fine condition. New York: Brooke Alexander Inc., 1974   [300/500] 196 c   (MOTHERWELL, ROBERT.) Paz, Octavio. Three Poems. Printed in red and black. 27 lithographs by Motherwell. 547x458mm; 21 1 / 2 x18 inches (sheets). Folio, cloth with mounted lithograph; original clamshell box. number 601 of 750 copies signed by paz and motherwell . New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1987   [2,500/3,500] Motherwell and Paz were close friends and often dedicated works to each other. This collaboration arose from a visit by Motherwell to Mexico in 1967, a country in which he had already spent time in 1941. The folio was first published in 1981-82. The present edition comprises texts in Spanish and English printed in two colors on Arches paper; the richly printed lithographs were executed at Trestle Editions in New York. Belknap 354-380. 196 195