DOLCE FAR NIENTE.
Los Angeles: Suttonhouse Publishers, 1933.
Hardcover. Good plus / Good. Item #57217
Second edition. Quarto. 10 7/8 x 8 1/8". 256pp. This copy INSCRIBED with sketch to "L' aroli ??? Included is a humorous letter of invitation to Messers Grieve and Grieve (???)... 1933" and an humorous Christmas postcard, both signed by Ballin. Orange cloth with black spine in pictorial dust jacket. Dust jacket has soiling, chips, and splits at folds. Some toning and foxing to endpapers.
Hugo Ballin (March 7, 1879 – November 27, 1956) was an American artist, muralist, (he painted murals at Griffith observatory), author, and film director. Ballin was a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters and the National Academy of Design.
Price: $125.00