geritz frank (3 resultados)

Hardcover. First Edition. First edition, limited issue of 150 copies signed by editor, introduction writer and all illustrators. 121 pp. Original blue cloth with pasted-on title. Near Fine, sans jacket as issued. Outer coating of cloth just a bit lightly mottled, very light wear to tips, pages toned with age. A very nice. An unusual collection of children's stories about dolls vividly illustrated (and signed by) by notable California artists such printmaker Paul Landacre; professor, painter and architect Millard Sheets; and impressionist painter Jessie Arms Botke.

No Binding. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. ("Karl Riedel"), in black fountain pen ink and also signed by Geritz below the image. 9" x 11 5/8"; very good. Signed and inscribed by Karl Riedel to noted Los Angeles autograph collector: "To Mr. Joseph Huntley from Karl Riedel." & Signed below the image: "F. Geritz".

Sheet size 225 x 164 mm. The subject is depicted in profile. Born in Scotland, Garden arrived in the U.S. in 1883 and subsequently became a leading operatic soprano, performing in the great opera houses of both Europe and America. Geritz emigrated to the U.S. from Hungary in 1909. He was active as a printmaker and painter, initially in Chicago and from ca. 1921 in California, where he was a member of the prestigious California Society of Etchers and the California Printmakers. Exhibitions of his works were held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in the 1920s as well as at the San Diego Fine Arts Gallery, the Brooklyn Museum, and the Smithsonian.