THE EQUILIBRIAD - SIGNED by Lucian Freud. PRESENTATION COPY to Robert Collis, mentor to Christy Brown.

SANSOM (William), FREUD (Lucian)

Published by The Hogarth Press, 1948

About this Item

FIRST EDITION. The Hogarth Press, 1948. Signed limited edition of 750 copies. Hand numbered and signed by William Sansom. Buckram-backed marbled paper boards, lettered in gold at spine. Illustrated with five full-page plates after drawings by Lucian Freud. Toning to endpapers, minimal wear. An excellent copy in a nice example of the rare glassine dust jacket. ----- INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY LUCIAN FREUD: 'For Robert / Collis from / Lucian Christmas / 1954'. Dr Robert Collis was an internationally renowned writer, paediatrician and a pioneer in the treatment of tuberculosis and cerebral palsy. Collis had established a clinic for cerebral palsy patients in Dublin and Christy Brown was his first patient at this clinic. Collis mentored and proofread Brown's first attempt at an autobiography. My Left Foot was published in 1954 and Collis wrote the foreword. ----- Robert Collis was the younger brother of the writer and critic Maurice Collis. After a group exhibition at the Lefevre Gallery in 1946, Maurice Collis wrote of Freud: 'the youngest of the young men here, shows remarkable skill. He may turn out the most gifted'. Lucian Freud was a regular visitor to Dublin between 1948 and 1956, and for a time shared a studio with the artist Patrick Swift in Hatch Street. ----- Freud's inscription is on the rear endpaper - upside down, as though mistakingly opened from the rear. The plain dust jacket giving no clue to the books correct orientation. ----- Copies of this book signed by Freud are rare. Another copy inscribed to Boris Kochno, with a self-portrait drawing by Freud, sold at Sotheby's in 2010 for £265k. ----- Provenance: Robert Collis, Private Collection, Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers, Ireland. ----- Please confirm availability BEFORE ordering. More info and photos available on request.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE EQUILIBRIAD - SIGNED by Lucian Freud. PRESENTATION COPY to Robert Collis, mentor to Christy Brown.
• Publisher: The Hogarth Press
• Publication Date: 1948
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)