Live Auction 21491Tiffany Masterworks from the Garden Museum: A Private Collection
CHARLES DE KAY (1848-1935)
Lot 425

CHARLES DE KAY (1848-1935)

'The Art Work of Louis C. Tiffany', limited edition, 1914

Closed10 June 2022

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CHARLES DE KAY (1848-1935)
'The Art Work of Louis C. Tiffany', limited edition, 1914
published by Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1914
one of ten copies printed on parchment
with original cardboard box and leather case designed by Louis C. Tiffany with deluxe clasps
gilt bronze, vellum, cardboard
with box: 13 1⁄2 x 11 x 3 3⁄8 in. (34.3 x 28 x 8.6 cm)
book: 12 5⁄8 x 10 x 3 in. (32.1 x 25.4 x 7.6 cm)

The Garden Museum Collection, Matsue, Japan, circa 1990
Allen Michaan, California, acquired from the above, 2012

Specialist note

The present lot is one of ten copies which were printed in 1914 on parchment for private distribution. An alternate edition of 492 copies were printed on Japan paper. Another example of this limited edition is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (inv. no. 2011.431a-c).