Ausrufzeit : ca. 16:32 Uhr (ohne Gewähr)
Eins von 33 Vorzugsexemplaren auf Vélin d’Auvergne (Gesamtauflage 311) mit allen sechs Radierungen, davon zwei partiell mit Farbkreide übermalt. – Im Druckvermerk von Künstler und Verfasser signiert. – »Les points rouges et verts du frontispice et de la planche de la page 17 ont ete apposes par l’artiste lui-meme« – der Fingerabdruck des Künstlers in Rot und Grün. – »[…] some of the artist’s most subtle aquatints and etchings« (Rosa Maria Malet). – »Dark and moody, the six color aquatints that Miró created to illustrate Michel Leiris’s poetry mark a departure in the artist’s usually effervescent persona. In these prints he enlivens the surface by gouging the plate and printing in relief. The results appear more like drawings than graphic work. In fact, for the frontispiece, Miró applied the color red to each print by hand, rather than by printing it.« (R. F. Johnson, in: Logan Collection 2001).
Cramer 33. – Dupin 107–112. – LC 2001 133. – Monod 7064. – Rauch 166. – A&B 207
24,0 : 18,7 cm. 42, [6] Seiten. – Chemisenrücken verblasst. – Die leeren Blätter am Anfang und Ende des Buches stark stockfleckig, die übrigen nur teils und sehr leicht am Oberrand und im Falz.
english description:
With six color aquatint etchings, one of which is a double-sheet print. Loose double sheets in original wrapper, chemise with a leather spine label, and outer slipcase.
One of 33 deluxe copies, on Vélin d’Auvergne (total edition: 311) featuring all six etchings, two of which are partially overpainted with colored chalk. – Imprint signed by the artist and the author. – “The red and green dots on the frontispiece and the plate on page 17 were applied by the artist himself” – the artist’s fingerprint in red and green. – “[…] some of the artist’s most subtle aquatints and etchings” (Rosa Maria Malet)
Spine of chemise faded. – The blank pages at the beginning and end of the book are heavily foxing, the remaining pages only particulary and very lightly, along the top edge and in the fold.
