(2) Graciela Iturbide (B.1942) Signed Exhibition Catalogs, 1 With Photograph

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(lot of 2) Double-bound art museum photography catalogs, detailing exhibitions by Graciela Iturbide (Mexico, b.1942), each signed with sentiment by the photographer, including: (1) tete-beche bound book, front cover with affixed gelatin silver print of the photograph featured on page sixteen, paper mount signed Graciela Iturbide and numbered A/ P (artist's proof), one half of the book reproducing works from Iturbide's "El Bano de Frida Kahlo" exhibition held at Galeria Lopez Quiroga, Mexico City in 2009, photographer signed "A Connie con amor, Graciela, 2009" at front end paper, the other half containing the essay "Demerol Sin Fecha de Caducidad (Demerol Without Expiration Date)," by Mario Bellatin, published by Rose Gallery, Los Angeles and Editorial RM, copyright 2008, approx 8.25"h, 6.5"w, 0.5"d; (1) dos-a-dos bound book, both halves reproducing works from Graciela Iturbide's 2013 exhibition held at Museo Amparo, Puebla, photographer signed at end paper "A Connie, con el carino de siempre, Graciela, 2013," exhibition curated by Miguel Cervantes, published by Fundacion Amparo, RM Verlag, and Editorial RM, copyright 2012, numbered 148, retaining sliding dustcover, approx 9 1/8"h, 7 1/8"w, 1"d; 2.5lbs total Provenance: From the estate of Connie Todd (Constance Clare Todd, Austin, Texas, 1941-2024). For many years, Connie Todd was the personal assistant to prominent Austin-based book publisher, photographer, and author Bill Wittliff (William Dale Wittliff, American, active in Austin, Texas, 1940-2019). Bill Wittliff wrote celebrated screenplays such as "Lonesome Dove" (1982), "Legends of the Fall" (1994), and "Barbarosa" (2000), and founded the regionally-oriented publishing company, Encino Press, with his wife Sally in 1963. Connie Todd later served as the founding director of the Wittliff Collections at Texas State University from 1997-2010, transforming it into an internationally-acclaimed collection through noteworthy acquisitions such as the Cormac McCarthy archive. After retiring from Texas State, Connie Todd spent time traveling the world with friends and family.