Mar 04, 2021 - Sale 2560

Sale 2560 - Lot 258

Unsold
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
JACQUES VILLON
Éloge de Jacques Villon.

Volume with complete text, 10 etchings (2 printed in colors; 5 hors-texte and 5 en-texte) and an additional suite of 9 etchings (1 printed in colors and 8 signed in pencil), 1955. 325x250 mm; 12 7/8x10 inches (sheets), full margins, loose as issued.

One of 200 numbered copies on vélin de Rives; a deluxe edition with the additional suite, though not one of the first 20 numbered deluxe copies. Numbered 123 on the justification page. Eight of the etchings signed in pencil, lower right. Printed by Daragnès, Paris. Published by Manuel Bruker, Paris. Original printed paper wrappers. Ginestet/Pouillon 139, 287, 293, 300, 348, 520 and 544-547.

With--Cantique Spirituel, portfolio with complete text and 5 etchings, 1945. Edition of 225. Numbered 127 on the justification page * La Soif du Jonc, portfolio with complete text and 3 etchings, 1955. Edition of 200. Signed by Villon in pencil and numbered 166 on the justification page. Various sizes and conditions.