Aléa
Sugai, Kumi. Lambert, Jean-Clarence
Alès. PAB. (P[ierre]. A[ndré]. B[enoit].). 1962
'Aléa' featuring Kumi Sugaï's lithographs with verse by his friend Jean-Clarence Lambert published under the aegis of PAB.
From the edition limited to 60 copies on BFK Rives, with this one of 50 numbered in Arabic numerals and signed by the author, artist and publisher.
Kumi Sugaï (1919 - 1996) was a Japanese painter and printmaker who moved to Paris in the early 1950s. An adherent of Art Informel, European Abstract Expressionism, Sugaï's work often featured calligraphic graphic symbols as in the lithographs of the present illustrated book. PAB published one other book with verse by Lambert but this was his only publication to feature Sugaï.
'Aléa' of 1962 together with Pindar's 'VIIIe Pythique' of 1960 with illustration by Picasso are the two largest books issued by PAB.
[Montpellier 412].
From the edition limited to 60 copies on BFK Rives, with this one of 50 numbered in Arabic numerals and signed by the author, artist and publisher.
Kumi Sugaï (1919 - 1996) was a Japanese painter and printmaker who moved to Paris in the early 1950s. An adherent of Art Informel, European Abstract Expressionism, Sugaï's work often featured calligraphic graphic symbols as in the lithographs of the present illustrated book. PAB published one other book with verse by Lambert but this was his only publication to feature Sugaï.
'Aléa' of 1962 together with Pindar's 'VIIIe Pythique' of 1960 with illustration by Picasso are the two largest books issued by PAB.
[Montpellier 412].
[10 bifolia: 20 unnumbered leaves]. Folio. (510 x 336 mm). Half-title, printed title and Lambert's verse illustrated with 7 monochrome lithographs by Kumi Sugaï, final leaf with justification and achevé d'imprimer. Loose as issued in original publisher's printed wrappers with title t front cover in black, cream and grey patterned paper chemise with title to spine in black and matching slipcase.
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