The erotic drawings of Mihály Zichy: Forty drawings. — New York: Grove Press Inc., 1969.
Description: Oblong volume, 22 x 27 cm, quarter cloth over marbled boards with gilt Zichy’s signature fac-simile and gilt lettering to spine in dust jacket lettered “The | Erotic | Drawings | of | Mihály | Zichy” on both front and back, blurbs on flaps, unclipped; printed on wove paper, unpaginated.
Title-page: THE EROTIC DRAWINGS | OF | MIHÁLY ZICHY | Forty drawings | GROVE PRESS INC. | NEW YORK ||
Collation: (1) h.t., (1) t.p./copyright, (1) Preface; (40) leaves of plates, (1) blank; total 44 leaves. The plates are photomechanical offset copies made from the photogravures of 1911 Leipzig private press edition [SVE-0501.2021] of 300 copies, the copy used for reprint was № 277; photogravures were made from the original watercolours and crayon drawings produced by Zichy in 1874-1879; the original album of 51 compositions was sold at Christie’s sale of Gérard Nordmann collection on December 14-15, 2006 in Paris.
Ref.: Bibliothèque érotique: Gérard Nordmann; Livres, manuscrits, dessins, photographies du XVIe au XXe siècle / Catalogues de ventes, seconde partie. — Paris: Christie’s, 2006; p. 280, № 564 (drawings); № 565 photogravures [LIB-2810.2021].
See a copy of the Leipzig album № 285 in this collection [SVE-0501.2021].
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| Subject | Art, Artist, Fine art, Hungary, Paintings and drawings, Zichy, Mihály [Zichy, Michael von; Зичи, Михаил Александрович] (Hungarian, 1827 – 1906) |
| Artist | Zichy, Mihály [Zichy, Michael von; Зичи, Михаил Александрович] (Hungarian, 1827 – 1906) |
| Character/Sitter | Zichy, Mihály [Zichy, Michael von; Зичи, Михаил Александрович] (Hungarian, 1827 – 1906) |
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