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APPEL. Claus, Hugo.

De blijde en onvoorziene week. De Hand-reeks nummer 1.

Paris. December 1950. 4to. pp. 16. Illustrated with 7 designs by Karel Appel, each hand-coloured by the artist. Original wrappers with original hand-coloured design by Appel. Wrappers browned.

The first and only number of this very rare early Cobra publication. Entirely produced using a ... (more)

£4,500

ref: 36935

APPEL. Looten, Emmanuel.

Cogne Ciel. Poème de Emmanuel Looten, Dessins et Composition de Karel Appel.

Paris. Michel Tapié. 1955. Folio. (Sheet size 500 x 370 mm.). pp. (4). Two sheets, each illustrated with 7 lithographs by Karel Appel, of which three are printed on colour backgrounds. Loose as issued.

Aside from the edition limited to 175 copies, these are unnumbered and hors commerce copies. One bears corrections in red pen and is printed without some text.

£750

ref: 24225

ARIKHA.

8 lithographies sur le theme de Cain accompagnes de textes du Midrach choisis et traduits par D. Jassine.

Paris. Caracteres. 1955. Square 4to. With 8 original lithographs by Avigdor Arikha, each tipped onto larger sheets, and initialled in pencil by the artist. Loose as issued in original wrappers.

Edition limited to 110 copies, with an original drawing by Arikha on the front cover.

£1,250

ref: 21965

ARP. Alexandre, Maxime.

L'Enfant de la Terre.

Alès. P[ierre]. A[ndré]. B[enoit]. 1965. Tall 8vo. Illustrated with three monochrome 'dessins' by Jean Arp (there is an additional 'dessin' for the wrapper). Original publisher's printed wrappers with 'dessin' by Arp to upper wrapper.

From the edition limited to 50 copies, signed by PAB.
[Livres Realisé par P. A. Benoit 114].

£450

ref: 34249

ARP.

geh durch den spiegel. Folge 14.

Cologne. Galerie der Spiegel. 1958. Folio. Illustrated with two woodcuts by Arp, a further ten plates by Arp (including the cover design), a plate by Sophie Taeuber-Arp and one by Michael Seuphor. Original publisher's yellow printed boards with a design in black by Arp, chip missing from lower spine, hinges loose.

From the edition limited to 180 copies.
A collection of prints by Arp, Taeuber-Arp and Seuphor, as well as some of Arp's poetry and critical essays. [Bleikasten Aa112].

£350

ref: 24711

ART D'AUJOURD'HUI. Juin 1949 - Decembre 1954 [Complete run]

Boulougne-sur Seine. Architecture d'Aujourd'hui. 1949-1954. 43 issues in 36 (several double issues ... (more)

The publication of the five series was irregular. The aim of 12 issues a year was never ... (more)

£7,500

ref: 33090

AU JOUR LE JOUR. Benoit, Pierre André [PAB].

Au Jour le Jour.

Alès. P[ierre]. A[ndré]. B[enoit]. 1954. 24mo. 5 volumes. The first four issues are composed of 4 pages of manuscript, and the final issue has 2 leaves of manuscript. Loose as issued.

A complete set of one of the rarest of Benoit's publications, limited to only 10 copies. Each ... (more)

£14,000

ref: 28765

BACON, ERNST, MAN RAY, MOORE &c. Batache, E.

La Mysticité Charnelle de René Crevel.

Paris. Georges Visat. 1976. Folio Text and 14 original signed graphics by various artists (see below). Loose as issued in original publisher's printed wrappers and portfolio.

From the edition limited to 145 copies with 14 original graphics, each signed by the artist ... (more)

£14,000

ref: 36234

BELLMER. Mansour, Joyce.

Jules César.

Paris. Pierre Seghers. 1955. Tall 8vo. 5 original drypoint etchings by Hans Bellmer. Bound in marbled boards, with matching slipcase.

From the edition limited to 112 copies, with this one of 99 copies on vélin Rives, with a double ... (more)

£4,500

ref: 31720

BERTINI, Gianni. Benoit, Pierre-André.

Aller.

Alès. P[ierre]. A[ndré]. B[enoit]. 1960. 4to. Illustrated with five full-page colour engravings by Gianni Bertini. Original publisher's printed wrappers.

From the edition limited to 50 copies signed by Bertini and PAB, with this one of ten édition de tête copies with a separate suite of the prints without colour.
[Livres Realisés par P. A. Benoit 361].

£1,800

ref: 34164

BERTINI, Gianni. Picabia, Francis.

Laissez Déborder le Hasard.

Alès. P[ierre]. A[ndré]. B[enoit]. 1962. 4to. Frontispiece 'gravure' by Gianni Bertini, signed in pencil. Original publisher's printed wrappers.

From the edition limited to 29 copies signed by PAB, with this one of ten édition de tête copies with an additional colour pull of Gianni Bertini's 'gravure', signed in pencil.
[Livres Realisé par P. A. Benoit 407].

£850

ref: 34247

BLACK SUN PORTFOLIO. An Intercontinental Quarterly. Nos. 1 - 6. (All Published).

Washington D. C., Paris, Rome, Athens. The Black Sun Press. 1945 - 1947. 6 issues. Folio. Profusely illustrated. Each issue loose in original publisher's portfolio with printed title.

Complete set of the internationalist Black Sun Portfolio published in different cities (Washington ... (more)

£2,500

ref: 36692

BRAQUE. Benoit, P. A.

Braque et le divin manifesté.

Alès. P[ierre]. A[ndré]. B[enoit]. 1959. 4to. Two colour pochoir illustrations after Georges Braque. Original wrappers.

From the edition limited to 300 copies, signed and numbered by PAB.

£225

ref: 10773

BRAQUE.

Les petites heures de Thouzon.

Alès. P[ierre]. A[ndré]. B[enoit]. 1964. 4to. pp. (24). With original etching by Braque. Loose as issued in original wrappers.

From the edition limited to 75 copies, signed on justification by Benoit. The printing was not completed at the time of Braque's death, thus the etching remained unsigned. [Vallier 192].

£1,500

ref: 23836

BRAQUE. Perse, Saint-John.

L'Ordre des Oiseaux.

Paris. Au Vent d'Arles. 1962. Folio. pp. 54. Illustrated with 12 original colour aquatints. Original publisher's black morocco-backed moiré silk-covered boards by Jean Duval, upper board with onlaid paper collage bird design after Braque, matching slipcase.

From the edition limited to 152 copies, signed by the artist and the author on the justification page.

£18,000

ref: 35197