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[ART]. [WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799)]. Bicentennial Pageant of George Washington... [New York: American Art Foundation, ca. 1932].

Estimate: $700 - $900
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$400

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[ART]. [WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799).] Bicentennial Pageant of George Washington... [New York: American Art Foundation, ca. 1932]. Selected by John Taylor Arms. 20 loose sepia-toned etchings, each signed and numbered by the artist. Housed in publisher's half white cloth box, front board stamped in gilt, paper portfolio, with folded folio descriptive sheet. Each etching on laid-paper with "GW" watermark. 

Condition

Some rubbing, soiling to box, minor soiling to descriptive sheet. Fine. 

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Artists include: Childe Hassam, William Auerbach-Levy, Ralph Boyer, Samuel Chamberlain, Kerr Eby, Sears Gallagher, Arthur William Heintzelman, Eugene Higgins, Earl Horter, Robert Lawson, Allen Lewis, F. Luis Mora, Robert H. Nisbet, Louis C. Rosenberg, Ernest David Roth, Albert Sterner, Walter Tittle, Levon West, J.W. Winkler, and George Wright. This handsome set was issued to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Washington's birth.