Author: (Dali, Salvador)
Title: Dali: A Study of His Art-in-Jewells. The Collection of the Owen Cheatham Foundation. Foreword by A. Hyatt Mayor. Comments and Captions by the Artist. Edited by Lida Livingston
Description: Greenwich, Connecticut: The New York Graphic Society, (1965). (1965). Greenwich, Connecticut: The New York Graphic Society, (1965). (1965). Good. - Quarto, 11-1/4 inches high by 8-3/4 inches wide. Grayish-white marbled boards backed with a black cloth spine, titled in gilt on the spine. The book is housed in its original white slipcase with a full-page illustration mounted on the case's front cover. The slipcase is rubbed and soiled with short tears to the edges. 74 & [1] pages, illustrated with a tipped-in portrait frontispiece by Halsman and 27 tipped-in color plates of Dali's jewelry with descriptive text on the facing page. The plate opposite page 52 is torn and creased along its right edge. Good.

Inscribed and signed on the front endpaper by Owen Cheatham, the owner of the collection.

Laid in with the book is the 12-page exhibition catalog with a descriptive index of the jewels. The 8-1/2 inch high by 5- 1/2 inch wide catalog is bound in gilt-titled white wraps with a yellow silk cord at the spine. Good .

Keywords: ART; SALVADOR DALI; DALI: A STUDY OF HIS ART-IN-JEWELS; JEWELRY; THE OWEN CHEATHAM FOUNDATION; ILLUSTRATED; COLOR PLATES; TIPPED-IN PLATES; A. HYATT MAYOR; LIDA LIVINGSTON; NEW YORK GRAPHIC SOCIETY; SIGNED BY OWEN CHEATHAM; ILLUSTRATIONS; EXHIBITION CATAL

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