Potter & Potter Auctions
Live Auction

Fine Books and Manuscripts

Sat, Apr 18, 2020 12:00PM EDT
Lot 665

Heart of Darkness Signed Portfolio.

Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $5
$30 $10
$100 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
Scully, Sean (American/Irish, b. 1945). Heart of Darkness Signed Portfolio. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1992. Limited edition consisting of 20 sets, this set being No. 3. Includes a set of 8 color aquatint etchings (2 printed in black and white) on cream wove paper (Magnani), full margins, each signed and numbered in pencil by the artist, loose in original clamshell portfolio with limitation page and half-title as issued. 550 x 470 mm; 22 x 18 ?? (sheets). Fine. This edition of 20 numbered sets has never before been offered at auction; the etchings are usually seen being sold individually. Rare. This portfolio of eight etchings was created exclusively for the classic novella ?Heart of Darkness? by Joseph Conrad. Scully is one of the world?s most renowned artists and his works are in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art.