Lot 1

Group of 12 Pierre Alechinsky Books and 1 Lithograph





Alechinsky: à la ligne Mansour, Joyce. Alechinsky à la ligne. 1973. Paris, Galerie de France. Catalog for the exhibition at the Galerie de France, 25 January - 18 March 1973, with contributions from Alechinsky, Joyce Mansour, and photographic reproductions by Jean-Michel Folon. Weber éditeur, Paris (text in French). Well-illustrated in color and black & white with 53 pages and a soft cover which is an original lithograph (Rivièr 576) 3 examples. 12 x 8 3/4, good condition, each has some wear to the spines.

,,Alechinsky (Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris) Kenan, Amos. Alechinsky. Paris, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 05 February - 06 April, 1975. Exhibition comprised of works from 1965-1974, well illustrated in color and has 52 pages with a soft cover. Published by Arts de Metiers Graphiques. Text by Amos Kenan (in French). Exhibition traveled from the Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam (15 November, 1974- 05 January 1075) - 6 examples.

11 1/2 x 8 3/4, good condition, each have some wear and loss on the spines.,,Alechinsky: Paintings and Writings, 1977, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, 272 pages. 51 color and 206 black and white illustrations, oversize soft cover, first edition, text in English by Eugene Ionesco with contributions by PA, excellent narrative biography, exhibition catalog for the artist’s first major retrospective in the United States, an excellent source on the artist. 12 x 8 3/4 inches, very good condition minor surface soiling on cover and spine.

,,Alechinsky: Ideotraces. 1966, Paris, Denoel, hardcover with dust jacket with an original design by Alechinsky, Quarto, 40 pages, 85 black and white illustrations, text in French, first edition- a great resource of early drawings from 1960-64 by Alechinsky. 11 x 9 1/2 inches, good condition, solid binding with cardboard slip case (case is split and separated)

,,Alechinsky: Les Estampes de 1946 à 1972. Rivière, Yves, Pierre Alechinsky: Les Estampes de 1946 à 1972. 1073, Paris, (text in French). The catalogue raisonné of the graphic work of Pierre Alechinsky from 1946-1972, this rare and important catalogue is extremely well-illustrated (mainly in black & white), informative, and complete. The soft cover is printed from an original design by Alechinsky, drawn directly on lithographic film, in very fine condition, scarce. 11 x 8 1/2, good condition, slightly cracked binding.,

,,Alechinsky, Writing Book, 1981, original color lithograph printed on an unknown wove paper, signed in the stone published as a Christmas card by the Galerie Maeght, New York, folded, as issued, with printed text within, signed by noted art historian turned art dealer, Arnold Herstand, former director of Maeght in New York, 7 3/4 x 8 3/4 ,,

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