(Portfolio) 21 Etchings and Poems. Portfolio with 21 etchings with aquadnt and drypoint, 1960 505x 425 mm; 20x 16.25 inches (sheets), full margins, loose as issued. Artist's proof, aside from the edition of 50 Each print signed and inscribed

(Portfolio) 21 Etchings and Poems. Portfolio with 21 etchings with aquadnt and drypoint, 1960 505x 425 mm; 20x 16.25 inches (sheets), full margins, loose as issued. Artist's proof, aside from the edition of 50 Each print signed and inscribed "Artist's proof" in pencil, lower margin (the Hayter and Philips prints unsigned as issued).The Nicholson print dated "1957" in pencil, lower margin.The Ben-Zion print dedicated "A token of faith to David lgnatow" in pencil, lower margin. Printed by Anderson Lamb, Newyork (with the exception of the Racz print, which was printed by the artist). Published by the Morris Gallery, Newyork. Original blue linen portfolio. Lacks the introduction, time stain on many of the sheets visible mainly on the versos. Includes prints by Alechinsky ( Riviere Becker, De Kooning ( Graham 1), Kline, Nicholson, Lipchitz, Hayter (Black-Moorehead 181, Vincente, Ben-Zion, Calapai, Grippe, Grippi, Martinelli, Pereira, Phillips, Racz, Roesch, Salemme, Schanker, Schrag and Yunkers. "Probably the first American collaboration of such magnitude between artist and author," according to The Artist and the Book, "this publication was conceived in 1951 by Peter Grippe when sonice took over the directorship of Atelier 17 from Hayter. After Atelier 17 was disbanded in 1954, Grippe continued to work with the artists in his own studio, and Morris Weisenthal took over publication under the imprint of his Morris Gallery." The Artist and the Book, 1860-1960, no. 145 E7,000-10,000 See Color Illustration