May 05, 2009 - Sale 2179

Sale 2179 - Lot 15

Unsold
Estimate: $ 15,000 - $ 20,000
SCARCE HORS COMMERCE COPY (BACON, FRANCIS; et al.) Batache, Eddy. La Mysticité Charnelle de René Crevel. Complete portfolio, comprising 14 prints by different artists in various media, each plate signed by the artist in pencil and numbered xiii/xlv. Folio, 410x304mm; 16x12 inches, loose as issued in original wrappers; pink satin-covered boards and slipcase, some fading, scattered soiling and scuffing, spine of chemise faded. Internally clean. Paris: Éditions Georges Visat, 1976

Additional Details

number 13 of only 45 hors commerce copies signed by batache from a total edition of 145. The artists included in this portfolio are: Francis Bacon, Camille Bryen, Jorge Camacho, Robert Couturier, Sonia Delaunay, Max Ernst, Man Ray, André Masson, Roberto Sebastián Matta, Henry Moore, Arpad Szenes, Dorothea Tanning, Vladimir Vélickovic, and Maria-Helena Vieira da Silva. The text was printed by Féquet and Baudier, Paris and the plates printed by Ateliers Georges Visat, except the Moore and Masson which were done by Crommelynck.