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“From the first, my great and abiding love was William Blake, my teacher in all things.” — Maurice Sendak
WILLIAM BLAKE (1757-1827)
Songs of Innocence
Details
WILLIAM BLAKE (1757-1827)
Songs of Innocence
Printed by the author, 1789.
·One of the first five copies printed of William Blake’s first book of illuminated poems
·Blake's first major work of illuminated printing: the extraordinary, innovative synthesis of word and image
·21 plates printed in green ink and hand-colored by William Blake and his wife Catherine in distinctive, delicate pastels; the only green ink copy in private hands
·With distinguished provenance; not only Maurice Sendak’s personal copy but also from the collections of Edwin Grabhorn and of Abel Berland
Songs of Innocence
Printed by the author, 1789.
·One of the first five copies printed of William Blake’s first book of illuminated poems
·Blake's first major work of illuminated printing: the extraordinary, innovative synthesis of word and image
·21 plates printed in green ink and hand-colored by William Blake and his wife Catherine in distinctive, delicate pastels; the only green ink copy in private hands
·With distinguished provenance; not only Maurice Sendak’s personal copy but also from the collections of Edwin Grabhorn and of Abel Berland
Provenance
Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 20 November 1899, lot 116 (sold to:)
Bernard Quaritch (Catalogue of the Literature and History of the British Islands Part V, no. 3651, 1900)
Edward J. Shaw, Esq., of Walsall (Sotheby's, 29 July 1925, lot 159; sold to:)
Walter T. Spencer
American Art Association, 14 April 1926, lot 75 (sold to:)
W. Clarkson
Dr. John Wooster Robertson (1856-1941), Livermore, California, a physician, book collector, and early bibliographer of Edgar Allan Poe
Edwin E. Grabhorn (1889-1968), San Francisco, the son-in-law of the above, co-founder of the Grabhorn Press and a noted collector of Japanese prints (according to Warren Howell’s information, as provided to Blake bibliographer G.E. Bentley)
John Howell Books, Catalogue 34 English Literature, no. 98, 1963 (sold to:)
John E. du Pont (1938-2010), Newtown Square, Pennsylvania (see Blake in the Marketplace, 1978-1979)
John Howell Books, sold privately in 1978 to:
Abel Berland (1915-2010), Glencoe, Illinois (his sale, Christie’s New York, 9 October 2001; sold to Justin Schiller as agent for:)
Maurice Sendak
Bernard Quaritch (Catalogue of the Literature and History of the British Islands Part V, no. 3651, 1900)
Edward J. Shaw, Esq., of Walsall (Sotheby's, 29 July 1925, lot 159; sold to:)
Walter T. Spencer
American Art Association, 14 April 1926, lot 75 (sold to:)
W. Clarkson
Dr. John Wooster Robertson (1856-1941), Livermore, California, a physician, book collector, and early bibliographer of Edgar Allan Poe
Edwin E. Grabhorn (1889-1968), San Francisco, the son-in-law of the above, co-founder of the Grabhorn Press and a noted collector of Japanese prints (according to Warren Howell’s information, as provided to Blake bibliographer G.E. Bentley)
John Howell Books, Catalogue 34 English Literature, no. 98, 1963 (sold to:)
John E. du Pont (1938-2010), Newtown Square, Pennsylvania (see Blake in the Marketplace, 1978-1979)
John Howell Books, sold privately in 1978 to:
Abel Berland (1915-2010), Glencoe, Illinois (his sale, Christie’s New York, 9 October 2001; sold to Justin Schiller as agent for:)
Maurice Sendak
Brought to you by
Nathalie Ferneau
Head of Sale, Junior Specialist
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