Jean Charlot
(1898-1979, American)
"Kei Viti: Melanesian Images" portfolio, 1978
The complete set of five lithographs in colors on wove paper, watermark Arches
Edition: 72/150
Each plate signed and numbered in pencil along the lower sheet edge: Jean Charlot; each sheet signed and dated in the stone; each plate also with the printer's blindstamps in the lower sheet corners; the five plate each loose, separated by individual rice paper sheets; the justification sheet printed on verso of the front cover of portfolio; Lynton Kistler, prntr./pub.
Each image: 20.25" H x 16"

Overall good condition. The colors fresh. Each sheet with three deckled edges. Each sheet with very few, occasional, scattered pinhead-sized spots of grime in the margins, not affecting the images. The portfolio cover with few, soft handling creases throughout, with a faint 1" dark scuff mark in the lower sheet edge, at right. Each sheet is loose and not matted.

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