PEREIRA, IRENE RICE / LETTRISME. The Lapis. 16 text illustrations and a suite of 5 watercolor and gouache studies on wove paper, 328x385 mm; 13x15 inches, each titled, dated in ink on Christmas day 1954, and inscribed with numerous calligraphed notations in ink and brush in the margins. Folio, publisher's gilt-stamped boards, slightly toned, extremities rubbed; internally bright, watercolors fine. (SA) New York: Wittenborn for Pereira, 1957
number 10 of 53 copies signed by pereira, with the original watercolors, from a total edition of 553. Additionally signed and inscribed on the colophon, dated 1963. The Lapis is Pereira's interpretation of a dream of a Lapis Lazuli stone monument with a figure incised in the stone. The text and images explore the connection between perceived images and optical illusions.
