Paper portfolio printed with title and list of artists, housing five original lithographs printed in colors. Folio (16 5/8 x 13 1/4 inches). Beige canvas tie-bound portfolio with publisher's flaps, paper portfolio housed inside. Considerable wear to canvas portfolio, canvas loss to back cover, light toning to paper portfolio, lithographs themselves in excellent condition, two with tiny pinholes to center top and bottom. Paris: Robert Altmann, 1961-1962. Limited edition of 50 examples.

The art publishing house Brunidor, founded in New York 1947 by art critic and collector Robert Altmann, was known for producing portfolios of prints that were often accompanied by poetry or brief works of prose. Fleeing anti-Semitism during World War II, Altmann moved to several different countries, including the United States and Cuba, and maintained close relationships with many of the artists whose works he published.

This portfolio contains five striking color lithographs by Guy Harloff, Isidore Isou, Gherasim Luca, Joaquin Ferrer, and Wifredo Lam, printed by René Guillard in Paris and Emil Matthieu in Zurich. Each lithograph is signed by the artist and numbered 10/50 in pencil.

Guy Harloff's work is a bright and colorful mandala-style piece featuring the text "Work is the Great Power." Isou's contribution is an untitled Lettrist composition dated 1961. Wifredo Lam's lithograph has clear influences from indigenous African art and sculpture.

A beautiful and scarce portfolio of colorful lithographs from important post-war modern and contemporary artists; as of May 2026, OCLC could not locate a holding of this portfolio in a North American library.

Book ID: 53250

Price: $4,500.00