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The Collection of Paul F. Walter: Part II

Wed, Nov 15, 2017 11:00AM EST - Thu, Nov 16, 2017 11:00AM EST
Lot 841

PAUL WALTER: PERSONAL ARCHIVE OF WORKS ON PAPER

Estimate: $800 - $1,200
Sold for
$1,600
Sold Price excludes BP

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Including: a gift print from Robert Mapplethorpe for Einstein on the Beach, 1976 depicting Philip Glass, Robert Wilson and Andrew deGroat; a press print Act I: Einstein on the Beach by Babette Mangolte, 1976; a set of three prints by Lucinda Childs for the 1974 production of Dance, with a letter of dedication to Paul Walter; an engraving of choreography by Lucinda Childs, numbered 1/10, 1981; two photographic prints from Jim Self's Beehive, c. 1985; a piece of concrete poetry attributed to Christopher Knowles, a graphite drawing by Robert Wilson, THERE possibly relating to set designs for A Letter to Queen Victoria; four portrait photographs of Robert Wilson and Lucinda Childs, two of each by Horst P. Horst, c. 1977 and Frederick Eberstadt, c. 1976-77, the Horst P. Horst examples taken on the set for I Was Sitting On My Patio This Guy Appeared I Thought I Was Hallucinating; a graphite drawing of Robert Wilson, Sketch for the chairs from the The Life and Times of Josef Stalin, 1977; three gelatin prints by Deborah Turbeville - Untitled, Christopher Hemphill et al and Vreeland, various media, various sizes, all unframed. Condition: Overall good condition with minor wear. One work has come loose from the mat hinges, some smudges and wear to the mats. Note: The present group of archival material was collated and stored alongside the manuscript by Phillip Glass and Merce Cunningham choreography in a folio in the art storage room of Mr. Walter's New York apartment. Paul Walter donated the musical score for Philip Glass and Robert Wilson's collaboration 'Einstein on the Beach' of 1976 to the Morgan Library & Museum, following their exhibition celebrating the production and re-uniting the original score and set designs which ran from 13 July - 4 November 2012. The chairs pictured in 'Sketch for the chairs from the The Life and Times of Josef Stalin' are in Collection of the Brooklyn Museum of Art and the Centre Pompidou in Paris.,