Alberto GIACOMETTI : Derrière le Miroir nos 39-40, 65 and 98, 1951–1957

By GIACOMETTI Alberto (1901-1966)

Alberto Giacometti (1901–1966)
Giacometti – Derrière le Miroir nos 39-40 (June–July 1951), 65 (May 1954) and 98 (June 1957)

9 original lithographs: no 39-40, 3 in black including 1 double-page; no 65, 3 in colours including 1 double-page; no 98, 3 in black including 1 double-page. Reproductions of pencil drawings in collotype. Three issues bound in one volume, publisher’s full beige linen binding titled in white, original illustrated covers bound in. Maeght Éditeur / Éditions Pierre à Feu, Paris

Unsigned, as issued (signature in the plate on several lithographs)

Dimensions:
+ Volume : 38 × 28 cm (15 × 11 in.)
+ Double-page plates : 38 × 56 cm (15 × 22 in.)

Condition: Linen covers lightly soiled, with a few small dark specks; light yellowing to endpapers and gutter margins; a few tiny marks on the no 65 colophon page and scattered pinpoint spots in margins; plates clean and fresh; binding sound. Unframed.

References: Lust 92–94 (no 39-40); Lust 100 (no 98, double-page)

Issues published for Giacometti’s exhibitions at Galerie Maeght, with texts by Michel Leiris (“Pierres pour un Alberto Giacometti”, 1951), Jean-Paul Sartre (“Les peintures de Giacometti”, 1954) and Jean Genet (“L’atelier d’Alberto Giacometti”, 1957, first appearance).

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Price : 500,00 € ( 568.00 USD )