L'Artiste

First edition. Text in Russian, one of a sole issue of 15 copies numbered by Ania Staritsky. Our copy is one of 5 on coton écru, followed by ten copies on cotton in various colours.

 

Produced in collaboration with Claude Nardin, comprising 14 cotton pages stamped with original engravings by Ania Staritsky, in which the text is fully integrated into the composition.

 

A masterwork of Lettrism, printed entirely on cotton, by the Russian-Belgian artist of Ukrainian origin Ania...

Illustrated edition with 25 original etchings and 80 wood engravings drawn by Alexandre Lunois and engraved by Suzanne Lepère, one of 125 numbered copies on Arches handmade paper, the only printing after 21 on Japan paper.
Full dark green morocco binding, faded spine with four raised bands inlaid with black fillets and decorated with purple and tawny mosaic morocco strips forming a double cartouche segmented by the bands and by three black mosaic morocco rectangles, three gilt squares at head and foot of spine, double frame of purple and tawny mosaic morocco strips segmented by a repeated pattern of three black mosaic morocco rectangles and three gilt squares, endpapers and pastedowns...

First edition of this book entirely produced, illustrated and formatted by Germaine de Coster and printed 100 copies numbered on Japan and justified by the latter .
Nice copy.
Illustrated book for each of the 14 stations of an original composition engraved on wire wood with the Japanese method.
Binding in the bradel half vellum cardboard, paper plates with gold and silver decorative motifs, guards and contreplats of the same paper, gilded head, preserved covers, flexible cardboard case, platd of silver and gold marbled paper.

First edition of the French translation by Georges Raillard, one of 26 numbered copies on pure Rives cloth, head print.
Beautiful complete copy, as it is stipulated to the justification of the drawing of its original drawing enhanced by an engraving and signed by Virgilije Nevjestic, a suite on old Japan of 5 etchings signed and not published in the book , from a suite on Auvergne of the 8 signed engravings of the book .
Signed autograph Virgilije Nevjestic Georges and Alice Raillard.
Signature of Virgilije Nevjestic.

First edition printed in 900 copies, one of 800 numbered copies on B.F.K. de Rives paper.
Texts by Pierre Jourda, Jean Rudel and Christian.
Work illustrated with 24 pen drawings by Christian reproduced in heliogravures reworked in etching and burin by Paul Dufresne following the author's directions.
Slipcase soiled and split at head and foot.
Handsome copy.