Emerson Burkhart Ink Sketch with Inscribed Books

Item Details

Emerson Burkhart (American, 1905 – 1969)
Untitled (napkin sketch), mid-century
Ink on paper napkin
Unsigned

Letters of Travel, by Rudyard Kipling (1865 – 1936)
Doubleday, Page & Company, New York, 1920
Inscribed to frontispiece by Emerson Burkhart, dated 1954

Colliezione di Monografie Illustrate: Venzia, by Pompeo Molmenti
Istituto Italiano D’Arti Grafiche, Bergamo, 1911
Dedication to his wife to the flyleaf by Emerson Burkhart, dated 1939

Condition

- napkin has wear and creasing throughout, discoloration, fold mark close to center; “Letters” has edgewear, partially broken and shaken spine, toning of paper, ink splotch to page edges; “Collezione” has loose front cover, damage to spine, toning of paper.

Dimensions

- measures group stacked.

Item #

19COL032-188