274  Nicolas de Staël – Pierre Lecuire. Ballets-minute. 1954

Ausrufzeit : ca. 15:32 (Zeitplan ohne Gewähr)

Eins von 30 Exemplaren (Gesamtauflage 50). – Druckvermerk von Künstler und Verfasser signiert. – Auf blütenweißem Vélin BFK Rives. – Das geradezu minimalistische Künstlerbuch enthält 18 Gedichte von Lecuire, darunter die »Maximen à dancer«, mit den späten Radierungen von Nicolas de Staël. Einen kräftigen Farbakzent setzt die dreifarbige Radierung auf dem Einband.

LC 2001 135. – Monod 7021 (ungenau)

33,0 : 26,5 cm. [108] Seiten. – Chemisenrücken minimal gebräunt.

english description:
Includes 20 etchings, three double-leaf and 17 single-sheet. Loose double-leaves in their original protective wrapper, together in their original chemise with a color etching on the cover paper. In a cloth folder and slipcase.

One of 30 copies (total print run of 50). – Signed by the artist and author on the colophon. – Printed on snow-white BFK Rives vélin. – This minimalist artist’s book contains 18 poems by Lecuire, including the “Maximen à dancer,” accompanied by late etchings by Nicolas de Staël. The three-color etching on the cover adds a bold splash of color.

»The refined minimalism of de Staël has never received the critical acclaim in America that it is accorded in Europe. Ballets-minute is one of a number of books that de Staël illustrated in his short career. The bold color lithograph cover is in contrast to the precise and spare black etchings on the expanse of white paper. The subject matter elegantly hovers between recognition and abstraction.« (Robert Flynn Johnson, in: LC)
Spine of chemise slightly browned.