River of Mirrors; The Fantastic Art of Judson Huss
Beverly Hills, California: Morpheus International, 1994. Huss, Judson. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 150 copies of the first printing, folio size, 95 pp., signed by Huss, in slipcase, with accompanying limited edition print signed and numbered by Huss. Fine. Item #26010725
Judson Huss (b. 1942) has been collected by a "group of international collectors passionately attached to the originality and quality of his work" (n.b., p. 93 of this work). His work may be thought of as "Fantastic Realisim"; these artists show a "devotion to hard work and the search for evocative ideas and images [which] makes alive our sense of wonder and sets us off on the search for answers to their arrayed mysteries" (ibid, p. 9).
This the first and limited edition of 150 copies, signed by Huss, issued without a dust jacket in a cloth-covered slipcase; accompanying the book is a limited-edition print numbered and signed by Huss below the plate in pencil.
___DESCRIPTION: Bound in full black leather over boards, a colour illustration from one of the paintings within a debossed rectangle on the front board with metallic copper lettering debossed above, the same lettering on the spine, blue endpapers, limitation statement tipped onto the front free endpaper, this no. 39 of the 150 copies, with the signature of Huss below, most of the illustrations reproduced in colour; binding folio size (12 1/4" by 10 1/4"), with 95 pages. Loosely laid into the book is a limited-edition print, signed by Huss below the plate in pencil, numberd by him in pencil, this being no. 39 (the same number as the book) of 250. Enclosed in a sturdy slipcase of heavy cardboard covered in plain red cloth, stamped on the bottom of one side is a facsimile of Huss's signature.
___CONDITION: Volume fine, the boards clean, the inset illustration clean and not rubbed, straight corners without rubbing, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; clean, crisp, and as new. The slipcase near fine, strong and sturdy, without wear, with a very small spot on the bottom of one side and minor sunning around the opening.
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Price: $250.00