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. Joan Miró: Bois Gravés Pour Un Poème de Paul Eluard. Berggruen, Paris, 1958.
Price: US$295.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: White wraps feature color illustration front and back. Wraps are toned, more at margins; show some stains, bumping, edgewear. Corners are softened and worn at lower right. See photos. Spine with no text is darkened, with bumped ends. Binding is secure. Two front sheets of brown paper with black text introduce Miró's work. Two end sheets of green paper with black text describe the edition and printing particulars. Twelve sheets have illustrations in color, which are bright and clear. Interior is gently age-toned. Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks.** PS2024.0418** 32 pages. 4 5/8 x 8 3/4 inches** This little book was a brochure produced to accompany an exhibition devoted to the publication of Joan Miró's illustrated edition of A Toute Épreuve by Paul Eluard (Geneva: Gérald Cramer). The exhibit was held at the Galerie Berggruen in Paris, and the gallery published this work, part of a series devoted to artists of the 20th century. The quality of the production is such that this is a work of art in its own right.** A Toute Épreuve is one of the finest artist's books of the twentieth century and the most ambitious creation of renowned Surrealist Joan Miró (1893-1983). For over ten years, Miró, the Spanish artist, and Paul Eluard (1895-1952), whose text was inspired by Catalan Spain, worked together to create a unique book that they called a masterpiece of "plastic harmony." Printed in pure, dazzling colors, Miró's characteristic amorphous forms invite the viewer to skip from text to imagery almost interchangeably, giving marvelous new life and meaning to Eluard's poetry as well as creating a book that is in itself a sculptural entity. Its title, roughly translatable as "Ready for Anything," A Toute Épreuve achieves Miró's own ambition for the project, stated in 1948: "I hope to create something sensational."** Printed in April 1958. Typography by the presses of L'Imprimerie Union, Paris; phototype and stencils executed by the studios of Daniel Jacomet.** "Postage for oversized and international shipping will be calculated by size and weight. AbeBooks shipping quotes are ESTIMATES only. Seller Inventory #00009950"**
Seller: Panoply Books, Lambertville, NJ, U.S.A.
Miró, Jean:. Joan Miró. Bois gravé pour un poème de Paul Eluard. Berggruen & Cie, Paris, 1958.
Price: US$395.04 + shipping
Description: 32 S. ; Erschienen zur Ausstellung "À toute épreuve" in der Galerie Berggruen. Einleitender Text von Douglas Cooper. Französischsprachige Paperbackausgabe mit gestaltetem Buchdeckel, 32 Seiten mit 24 Seiten Bildteil. Nicht numeriert und nicht signiert. Umschlag angedunkelt und berieben. Gutes Exemplar. pwRegal-HH
Seller: Antiquariat Weber, Neuendorf b. Elmshorn, SH, Germany
Price: US$411.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Catalogue to the exhibition "A Toute Epreuve" at Galerie Berggruen. Stiff illustrated wrappers with original pochoirs by Miro on front and rear cover. Illustrated with color and black & white collotype prints by Miro. Collotypes and pochoirs printed by Daniel Jacomet. Slightly over opened. Pages are clean, illustrations are bright. No marks or inscriptions. [30 pp.], 22 x 11,5 cm.
Seller: Concept Books, Veldhoven, Netherlands
Eluard, Paul. Joan Mirò, Bois gravés pour un poème de Paul Eluard. France, 1958.
Price: US$438.94 + shipping
Description: Berggruen & Cie, Paris. Catalogue to the exhibition "A Toute Epreuve" at Galerie Berggruen. Pages 32. Size: 22 x 11.5 cm
Seller: Flat & Bound c/o Integral Lars Müller GmbH, Zürich, Switzerland
. Joan Miro Bois gravés pour un poème de Paul Eluard. Berggruen & Cie, Paris, 1958.
Price: US$451.78 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 22 x 11, 5 cm. Plaquette des bois gravés de Joan Miro réalisés pour un poème de Paul Eluard. Très rare.
Seller: Librairie Poids Plume, Lausanne, Switzerland