Lot 130
  • 130

Robert Indiana

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Robert Indiana
  • The American Dream
  • book with 24 bound screenprints and 6 loose screenprints
  • overall: 570 by 445 by 43 mm 22 1/2 by 17 1/4 by 1 5/8 in
The complete portfolio, comprising 30 screenprints in colors, 24 bound, six loose (as issued), 1997, each loose print signed in pencil and numbered 58/395 (total edition includes 120 proofs, there is also a Museum Edition of 100 plus 35 proofs), on wove paper, with text by Robert Creeley, printed and published by Marco Fine Arts Studio and signed in pencil by Albert L. Marco, contained in the original black leather cover with embossed red letters (30 prints)

Condition

The portfolio is in good condition. Several bound prints with a faint trace of surface soiling, graphite, or stray ink in the margins. ('Polygon: Square' with two faint horizontal surface scuffs at the lower left of the image.) Loose prints with corners slightly soft. The cover with some unobtrusive scuffing and signs of wear.
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