Sale 8496
New York, Park Avenue
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23 - 24 October 1996
Price realised
USD 4,830
Estimate
BURTON, CAPTAIN RICHARD F. EXPLORATIONS OF THE HIGHLANDS OF THE BRAZIL London: Tinsley Brothers, 1869. Vol.I 443pp., Vol. II 478pp. Both volumes are in their original green cloth bindings with a gold male Indian on cover. Very scarce. (2)
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A guide to the poet, painter and sculptor described as ‘one of the most innovative and inexhaustible artists of his time’
We explore the artist’s lifelong obsession with the game, and the pipe he presented to one victorious opponent