Description: STEINBERG, SAUL (WILDER, BILLY). The Catalogue. A Selection of Drawings Reprinted from The Art of Living, The Passport, and The Labyrinth. Cleveland, OH: Meridian Books, 1962. First Edition - Paperbound. Signed and inscribed by the author / artist Saul Steinberg to the great film director and noted art collector Billy Wilder. Inscribed: “To Billy W. Saul ST. ‘62.” Near fine copy with a touch of fading to the spine and a hint of use in printed wrappers. A selection of drawings reproduced from three previous books of Steinberg: ‘The Art Of Living,’ ‘The Passport,’ and ‘The Labyrinth.’ According to UCSB art historian David Beghard Wilder had “one of the largest and certainly one of the finest collections of Saul Steinberg.” Billy Wilder was one of Hollywood’s most fabled art collectors, including works by Picasso, Miro, Matisse, Braque, Chagall, Cornell, Dubuffet, Renoir, Pissaro, Schwitters, Schiele, Klee, Leger, Giacometti, etc. Billy Wilder’s legendary status in Hollywood as a director, screenwriter, and producer includes such classic films as Ninotchka, Sunset Boulevard, Double Indemnity, The Lost Weekend, Stalag 17, Some Like it Hot, The Seven Year Itch, The Apartment, and The Fortune Cookie.
Price: 1750 USD
Location: Santa Barbara, California
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
California Prop 65 Warning: no
Special Attributes: Illustrated, Signed, 1st Edition - Paperbound, Oversized
Modified Item: Yes
Subject: Art & Photography
Illustrator: Saul Steinberg
Topic: Fine Arts: Monographs
Year Printed: 1962
Region: North America
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Binding: Softcover, Wraps
Origin: American
Original/Facsimile: Original
Place of Publication: Cleveland
Modification Description: signed to film director Billy Wilder
Language: English
Author: Saul Steinberg
Publisher: Meridian Books
Signed: Yes
Personalized: Yes
Character Family: none
