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Robert Rauschenberg
XXXIV Drawings for Dante's Inferno (F. 19, S. 15)
1964
The complete set of 35 prints, including lithograph Kar and 34 facsimiles in colors, on Angoumois à la main and wove papers, with full margins and the full sheets, with text of Dante's Inferno translated by John Ciardi, all contained in the original cloth-covered portfolio.
Kar S. 16 1/4 x 15 1/2 in. (41.3 x 39.4 cm)
portfolio 18 5/8 x 18 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (47.3 x 47 x 6.4 cm)
portfolio 18 5/8 x 18 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (47.3 x 47 x 6.4 cm)
Kar signed, titled, dated and numbered 2/44 in pencil, additionally signed and numbered '172' in pencil and blue ballpoint ink on the justification pages (the facsimile edition was 300 with one of seven lithographs), co-published by Universal Limited Art Editions, West Islip, New York (with their blindstamp) and Harry N. Abrams Inc., New York.