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Wed, Jun 15, 2016 11:00AM EDT
Lot 54

Henry Miller (1891-1980) Insomina ('The Devil at Large'), 1970, Lithograph.

Estimate: $400 - $600

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Henry Miller (1891-1980) Insomina ('The Devil at Large'), 1970, Lithograph. Book illustrated from photos, facsimile letters, engravings and writings by Miller; measures 12 x 8 1/2in., spiral-bound book with decorative metallic attached foil jacket (inner cloth lining) in multiple colors with front cover flap fold. Together with twelve color broadside prints that measure 22 x 17in. from Miller's artwork and a card-stock plate with mounted pictorial title label, all housed in the original treated wooden portfolio box: sides with blue and golden-patterned paper on sides (matching book covers), with slide-out front cover and decorative inlay wooden borders at top and bottom. Book set inside a recessed section of styrofoam and sunflower patterned backing, front with pictorial cover from photo of Miller and his Japanese wife Hoki Tokuda and the book title. This copy with the metal name plaque, which denoted this is from Edition 'G'. One of 385 copies, book signed and dated May 1, 1970 by Miller, plus publisher's limitation rubberstamp, in the colophon. Edition G.

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