The Lapis
first edition Softcover
1970
by Pereira, I. Rice
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1970. Second Printing (first was in 1957). Softcover. G (Cover shows inconsistent aging or sunning; interior is pristine.). Black wraps, unpaginated, 11 color illus. OVERSIZE. One of 1000 copies in this second printing. An original work by American abstractist I. Rice Pereira (1902-1971): "an intepretation of a dream of a Lapis Lazuili 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." (an early page). (Inventory #: 141495)