Lunn, Harry H., Jr. — Milton Avery: Prints 1933-1955

Washington, DC, Graphics International Ltd, 1973. 26/100; Deluxe Edition. Softbound. White wraps with red cover illus. [95] pp. 6 color, 61 bw plates. Housed in black cloth-covered board slipcase with white lettering but missing original drypoint print. Issued in conjunction with a 1973 exhibition of artwork by American modern painter Milton Avery (1885-1965). With essays by Frank Getlein and Alan Fern. The illustrated catalogue presents 30 drypoints, 8 lithographs, and 22 linocut and woodcuts. Includes exhibitions and collections histories and selected bibliography. A nice introduction to Avery's style. Deluxe edition No. 26/100, in slipcase. Missing the original drypoint of Plate 6, Riders in the Park, of which a second edition of 100 was published for this 1973 catalogue. VG- (Clean and tight but with faint foxing inside front cover and on a couple pages; light age toning to spine.) .