Accession number
PML 141977
Creator
Eluard, Paul, 1895-1952.
Published
A Paris : Louis Broder, 1956.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
"De Exemples (1921) à Cours naturel (1938) douze poèmes choisis et autographiés par l'auteur, ornés de 16 gravures et lithographies originales en noir et en couleurs de Jean Arp, André Beaudin, Georges Braque, Marc Chagall, Oscar Dominguez, Max Ernst, Alberto Giacometti, Valentine Hugo, Henri Laurens, Fernand Léger, André Masson, Joan Miró, Pablo Picasso, Yves Tanguy, Jacques Villon. Tirage limité à cent vingt exemplaires [numérotés 1 à 100 et I à XX] tous sur vélin de Rives. Edition collective originale, tous les exemplaires sont signés par les illustrateurs"--Colophon.
With 16 original prints representing the work of 15 artists, including 2 engravings by Picasso.
Printed in an edition of 120.
Library has copy no. 62.
Autographed in pencil by 13 of the book's 15 contributing artists on page bearing limitation statement at end of volume before printers' and publisher's colophons; does not include the signatures of Tanguy, Laurens and Leger, all of whom died before the book was issued.
With 16 original prints representing the work of 15 artists, including 2 engravings by Picasso.
Printed in an edition of 120.
Library has copy no. 62.
Autographed in pencil by 13 of the book's 15 contributing artists on page bearing limitation statement at end of volume before printers' and publisher's colophons; does not include the signatures of Tanguy, Laurens and Leger, all of whom died before the book was issued.
Description
1 v. (unpaged) : 16 ill. (some col.) ; 19 x 21 cm.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Full green morocco tooled in blind and gilt, the design after Picasso, signed by G. Levitzky, with orange morocco doublures; in chemise and slipcase.
Classification
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