May 06, 2021 - Sale 2566

Sale 2566 - Lot 337

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
ÁNGEL ZÁRRAGA
Profond Aujourd'hui by Blaise Cendrars.

Bound volume with complete text and 5 color illustrations (2 hors-texte, 2 en-texte and one on the front cover), 1917. 187x180 mm; 7 1/2x7 inches (sheets), full margins.

One of 250 numbered copies on Arches, from a total numbered edition of 305 (plus 26 lettered copies). Numbered 210 on the justification page. Printed by François Bernouard, Paris. Published by La Belle Edition, Paris.

Zárraga (1886-1946) was a Mexican artist who studied at the at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, and moved to Paris in 1911. He only returned to Mexico once at the outbreak of World War II for a short time. During the mid-1910s, Zárraga painted in a Cubist style and was also an early influence on the Surrealist movement.