Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art

Online-Only Auction, 18 - 25 July 2022

1970s
  • Judith Mason; A Dante Bestiary
  • Judith Mason; A Dante Bestiary


Lot Estimate
ZAR 18 000 - 24 000

About this Item

South African 1938-2016
A Dante Bestiary

An artist's book by Judith Mason, referencing La Divina Commedia by Dante Alighieri, the Florentine poet, signed and numbered 39/100, published by Ombondi Editions, New York, 1996, hand bound by Eric Zimmerman at Markey & Asplund, Foster, Rhode Island or Furi Fine Art Books, Pretoria, in full leather binding using sheepskin Nappa from the Karoo (with buffalo imprint) and calf vellum, with a leather slip case.

book: offset lithographs on paper
book: 42,5 by 33 by 5,5cm; slipcase: 44 by 32 by 6,5cm

Exhibited

Smithsonian Libraries, Washington, Magnificent Obsessions: Why We Collect, 7 November 2018 to 1 July 2020, another example of the publication exhibited in Section 3: Capturing Creativity.

Johannesburg Art Gallery, Artists' Books in the Ginsberg Collection, 25 June to 27 October 1996, another example of the publication exhibited as Item 181.

Literature

Casper Schmidt (1988) The Biggest Problem, ADA Magazine #6, page 49.

Standard Bank Gallery (2008) Judith Mason: A Prospect of Icons, Johannesburg: Standard Bank Gallery. Another example illustrated in colour on page 112.

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