Apr 22, 2025 - Sale 2701

Sale 2701 - Lot 120

Price Realized: $ 10,625
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 7,000 - $ 9,000
Calder, Braques, Miró, Kandinsky, et alia.
Derrière le Miroir, 18 deluxe issues, many signed.

Paris: Maeght Editeur, 1962-1974.

Comprising 18 limited-edition deluxe folio issues; each complete as issued with all color lithographs and reproductions extraordinarily vibrant and finely printed on thick wove paper; loose in their original pictorial wrappers; housed in corresponding colored paper chemises and slipcases with printed labels; some with light offsetting from lithographs, but otherwise an incredibly bright and clean set; each measuring 15 x 11 in.

A set with extraordinary provenance, from the estate of Juliette Halioua (1932-2024) U.S. representative for Maeght Editions in 1960s and '70s.

Including

1) Der Blaue Reiter, 1962. No. 133-134, an homage to the Blue Rider artist group; 19 of 150 on vélin de Rives.
2) Pierre Reverdy, Georges Braque, 1963. No. 135-136; 104 of 150 on vélin de Rives.
3) Georges Braque: Papiers Collés, 1963. No. 138; 81 of 150 on vélin de Rives.
4) Hommage a Georges Braque, 1964. No. 144-146; 262 of 350 on vélin de Rives.
5) La Fondation Marguerite et Aime Maeght a St. Paul, 1964. No. 148; signed on the front board by Juliette Halioua.
6) Miró: Cartons, 1965. No. 151-152; 113 of 150 signed by the artist on the colophon, printed on vélin de Rives.
7) Kandinsky: Bauhaus de Dessau, 1965. No. 154; 69 of 150 on vélin de Rives.
8) Autour de la Revue Blanche, 1966. No. 158-159, an homage to the French literary magazine; 69 of 250 printed on vélin de Rives.
9) Calder: Gouaches et Totems, 1966. No. 156; 121 of 150 signed by Calder in pencil on the colophon, printed on vélin de la Dore.
10) Tàpies: Encres et Collages, 1968. No. 175; 89 of 150 signed by Tàpies on the colophon, printed on vélin de Lana.
11) Le Yaouanc, 1969. No. 176; 44 of 150 signed by Alain le Yaouanc on the colophon in pencil, printed on vélin de Lana.
12) Tàpies, 1969. No. 180; 70 of 150 signed by Tàpies on the colophon, printed on chiffon de Mandeure.
13) Riopelle, 1970. No. 185; 118 of 150 signed by Riopelle in pencil and printed on vélin de Lana.
14) Miró: Peintures sur Papier, Dessins, 1971. No. 193-194; 146 of 150 signed by Miró in pencil, printed on vélin de Lana.
15) Calder, 1973. No. 201; 118 of 150 signed by Calder in pencil on the colophon, printed on vélin de Rives.
16) Miró: Sobreteixims et Sacs, 1973. No. 203; 107 of 150 signed by the artist in pencil on the colophon, printed on vélin d'Arches.
17) Steinberg, 1973. No. 205; 40 of 150 signed by Steinberg in pencil on the colophon, printed on vélin d'Arches.
18) Tàpies: Monotypes, 1974. No. 210; 69 of 250 signed by Tàpies in pencil on the colophon, printed on vélin d'Arches. (18)