Tretchikoff Vladimir Introduction Leslie Richfield (6 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Bright clean condition with arresting colour self portrait of the artist on a raised plate on the front. 40 paintings are named along with which of them can by bought in lithographic reproduction. A full page explanation by Leslie Richfield.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. undated, but from the mid 50s.spiral binding in a cover. the cover is very worn and torn and unattractive. internally very good. contains 11 plates that are all suitable for framing and are in fine condition. the self portrait is duplicated on the front cover as the 12th print. the cover print is a little edgeworn. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Elephant size folio, hand signed and dated 9-11-52, the year of publication, by Tretchikoff on the first page. In stiff card covers with front title in heavy gilt. 12 beautifully produced colour prints as raised plates on full page, including the large plate on the front of the dust wrapper. Each print has a detailed text description. Book itself in very good condition. Iconic paintings such as two versions of The Dying Swan featuring a swan and ballerina Alicia Markova, and the 1960s bestseller Fighting Cocks, are featured among the plates. One of the Dying Swan plates has a small stain on the side of the card on which it is mounted, NOT affecting the colour plate. The dust jacket is now protected in thick plastic without tape and has the large colour plate self-portrait and is slightly rubbed.There is a closed tear along the spine. The blank front flap is missing. However in its protective cover, the dust jacket still presents well. Don't feel bad if you are buying this just for the 12 prints for framing. The ring binding implies that this was a possiblity for any original buyer! Further photographs of any particular plate on request:Self-Portrait x 2, Blue Monday ( another third self-portrait ), Dying Swan x 2, Herb Seller, Lotuses, Fighting Cocks, Cock-Fighter, Red Cannas, The Weeping Rose, and Cape Malay Bride. Inscribed by Author(s).

First Edition. Near fine excellent condition, clean , with spiral binding as issued. Includes all 12 colour raised plates as called for. This is the early 1952 state with bright gilt on marbled front board made of stiff card and no raised plate on front board as issued. Neat name of previous owner at the top of the front board. All the superbly produced raised plates are of black and mixed race South Africans and feature some of the artist's best work on South African subjects. Africana. Paperback. No dj.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Tretchikoff has signed the inside front stiff marbled card board by hand and hand dated his signature 20-12-52, the year of publication in 1952. The final raised plate, called Blue Monday and featuring the artist slumped with his easel, is also hand signed and inscribed: " To my dearest friend Peggy, and cut throat enemy in canasta. V. Tretchikoff 20.12.52". . Near fine excellent condition with all 12 raised plates including the self portrait on the folder cover. In marbled card stiff covers with wrap around folder cover as issued with gilt titles and spiral binding. Signed and inscribed to Peggy ( Margaret) Roscoe who after her Cape Town years lived near Hartley, Southern Rhodesia ( now Chegutu, Zimbabwe ), but socialised with Tretchikoff on numerous occasions, including canasta sessions with him and his wife at their splendid mansion in Bishopscourt, Cape Town. Her iconic painting by Tretchikoff called Crawfish Seller which she bought prior to 1952, was later exhibited in Durban with her permission in 1959, and became one of the subjects of the artist's many and profuse lithographic reproductions, all iconic monuments to mid century "kitsch". She later made a Christmas card of her painting on a raised plate, a scarce original of which is also for sale by us at the time of listing. Inscribed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Signed and dated three times and inscribed by Vladimir Tretchikoff to Peggy Roscoe, owner of "Crawfish Seller" an original oil painting reproduced in the book by way of a colour raised plate, one of twelve in all. The relevant plate, for which her permission is acknowledged in the description, is signed and inscribed on the mount: " To Peggy/ Until we meet again/ V. Tretchikoff/ 20-12-52/ S.A." Tretchikoff has also signed and dated the inside front cover with the same date. The first raised plate of "Mother and Child" is also signed and dated " V. Tretchikoff/ 20-11-52". Book is in near fine clean condition in gilt and thick marbled card with a very good dust jacket with a further raised plate in excellent condition on the front. Peggy Roscoe ( Mrs. S.M. Roscoe) lived near Hartley, Southern Rhodesia ( now Chegutu, Zimbabwe ), but socialised with Tretchikoff on numerous occasions, including canasta sessions with him and his wife at their splendid mansion in Bishopscourt, Cape Town. Her iconic painting, which she bought prior to 1952, was later exhibited in Durban with her permission in 1959, and became one of the subjects of the artist's many and profuse lithographic reproductions, all iconic monuments to mid century "kitsch". She later made a Christmas card of her painting on a raised plate, a scarce original of which is also for sale by us at the time of listing. Inscribed by Author(s).