Le livre des livres I, 1974
Print : etching, book · 49.5 x 35.5 x 5 cm 19.5 x 14 x 2 inch
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Print : numbered and limited to 130 copies
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Artwork sold in perfect condition, not framed
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49.5 x 35.5 x 5 cm 19.5 x 14 x 2 inch Height x Width x Depth
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Leading edition of the artist's book, Livre des livres I, including 22 poems by Pierre Lecuire and 22 original engravings by 15 artists: Fermin Aguayo, Geneviève Asse, César, Serge Charchoune, Étienne-Martin, Claude Garache, Charles Marq, Jean Messagier, Henry Moore, Vera Pagava, Brigitte Simon, Arpad Szenès, Pierre Tal Coat, Raoul Ubac, Maria Helena Viera da Silva.
First edition (1974) printed at 130 copies on shaped paper, signed by the author and the artists in colophon. Edited by Pierre Lecuire, 1974, Paris.
One of the 25 master copies with a series of 22 engravings and an additional burin engraving, all signed.
In-folio, in sheets, publisher box.
Dimensions of the box: 49.5 x 35.5 x 5 cm
Dimensions of the pages: 46.5 x 32.5 cm
The Book of Books is an invitation to fifteen artists to produce a variation from the engraving, Les three books, by Hercules Seghers (c. 1590 - c. 1638), Dutch engraver and painter of the Golden Age.
References: Books by Pierre Lecuire, Descriptive Bibliography, 1980: n ° 20. - Cat. Books by Pierre Lecuire, BnF, 2001, n ° 22.
First edition (1974) printed at 130 copies on shaped paper, signed by the author and the artists in colophon. Edited by Pierre Lecuire, 1974, Paris.
One of the 25 master copies with a series of 22 engravings and an additional burin engraving, all signed.
In-folio, in sheets, publisher box.
Dimensions of the box: 49.5 x 35.5 x 5 cm
Dimensions of the pages: 46.5 x 32.5 cm
The Book of Books is an invitation to fifteen artists to produce a variation from the engraving, Les three books, by Hercules Seghers (c. 1590 - c. 1638), Dutch engraver and painter of the Golden Age.
References: Books by Pierre Lecuire, Descriptive Bibliography, 1980: n ° 20. - Cat. Books by Pierre Lecuire, BnF, 2001, n ° 22.
Presentation
Pierre Jacob, who will take the pseudonym Pierre Tal-Coat in 1927, is born in Clohars-Carnoët (Finistère, France) in 1905. Initially an apprentice blacksmith, then the clerk for a notary, moulder and ceramics painter, Pierrre Jacob draws from an early age.
He studies art at the Académie de la Grande-Chaumière between 1924 and 1926. In 1927, Tal-Coat’s first exhibition is organized at the Galerie Fabre, and he uses the occasion to take his pseudonym (meaning “face of wood” in Breton). In the same year, he becomes acquainted with Henri Bénézit, his first dealer, who will become his friend.
During the 1930’s, the artist paints bold, figurative canvases: portraits of women, self-portraits and landscapes. From 1932 to 1939, he is a member of Les Forces Nouvelles, a group that campaigns for a return to the pictorial tradition “in an enthusiastic contact with nature”. In 1936, Tal-Coat protests against the Spanish war through a series of paintings, The Massacres. In 1940, he forms a friendship with Giacometti and makes the acquaintance of Balthus, d’Artaud and Tzara.
He studies art at the Académie de la Grande-Chaumière between 1924 and 1926. In 1927, Tal-Coat’s first exhibition is organized at the Galerie Fabre, and he uses the occasion to take his pseudonym (meaning “face of wood” in Breton). In the same year, he becomes acquainted with Henri Bénézit, his first dealer, who will become his friend.
During the 1930’s, the artist paints bold, figurative canvases: portraits of women, self-portraits and landscapes. From 1932 to 1939, he is a member of Les Forces Nouvelles, a group that campaigns for a return to the pictorial tradition “in an enthusiastic contact with nature”. In 1936, Tal-Coat protests against the Spanish war through a series of paintings, The Massacres. In 1940, he forms a friendship with Giacometti and makes the acquaintance of Balthus, d’Artaud and Tzara.
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