Pereira, Irene Rice (1902-1971) The Lapis , Presentation Copy.

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Pereira, Irene Rice (1902-1971) The Lapis, Presentation Copy. New York: Pereira, 1957.
Large folio, limited edition, one of fifty-three numbered copies signed by the author with five original watercolors inserted into a pocket inside the front board, with an additional signed inscription on the limitation page, sixteen color illustrations in the text, title page printed on uncut handmade wove paper, in publisher's boards, stamped in gold, lightly rubbed, 20 3/4 x 14 in.
"The Lapis is an interpretation of a dream of a Lapis Lazuli stone monument with a figure incised in the stone. I was surprised myself by it. I never knew what a philosopher's stone looked like, The diagrams, pictures and text show the contradictions between the experience of an inner image and the optical illusions of visual representation. The diagrams and text are concerned with art, objects, and gravitational centers of mind-energy in connection with world-views. Geometric systems of thought have avoided the infinite; whereas, visual and intuitive perception involves the infinite."
Estimate $2,500-3,500


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