Various, 20th–21st centuries

20TH-CENTURY ART – Group of 25 books on 20th-century artists and artists’ books. 20th–21st centuries.

From the private library of Mica and Ahmet Ertegun, a selection of books on key figures from the Ertegun’s collection, including René Magritte, Henri Matisse, Morris Louis, Edward Ruscha and Pablo Picasso.

Edward Ruscha. The Sunset Strip. Los Angeles, 1966. With original box in reflective wrappers.

Bauhaus, 1919 – 1969. Paris: Musée nationale d'art moderne, 1969.

Pablo Picasso. 347. New York: Random House, 1970.

René Magritte. Text by A.M. Hammacher. New York: Harry N. Abrams, [1974].

Alexander Liberman. Alexander Liberman. Text by Barbara Rose. New York: Abbeville, 1981. Inscribed by Liberman, ‘Alex’, to Mica and Ahmet Ertegun.

Henri Matisse. Jazz. New York: George Braziller, 1983.

Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice. Text by Angelica Zander Rudenstine. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1985. Inscribed to Mica and Ahmet Ertegun: ‘With love for 1986, Bibi.’

Francis Bacon. Francis Bacon: Triptychs. London: Gagosian, 2006.

And 17 additional texts. Sold as a group not subject to return.