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René Char: Le monde de l'art n'est pas le monde du pardon

Closed18 September 2019

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René Char: Le monde de l'art n'est pas le monde du pardon
the complete book comprising two aquatints, one drypoint, and three lithographs printed in colours, 1974, on wove paper, with title, text, offset lithographic reproductions and justification, signed with initials by the author in pencil on the justification, copy number E.A. 6/15, one of 15 unrecorded artist's proof copies aside from the edition of 75 (there were also 25 hors commerce copies), each print signed and numbered in pencil, the one by Wifredo signed in purple crayon and not numbered, published by Maeght Editeur, Paris, in very good condition, the full sheets, loose (as issued), in the original paper folder with the title on the front, all within a grey cloth-covered portfolio box (book)
375 x 290 mm. (overall)

René Char (1907-1988), Paris.
Bernard Moustrou (d. 1991), Avignon; by descent from the above.
Acquired from the above by the present owners.

Specialist note

The contributing artists were Pierre Charbonnier, Wifredo Lam, Joan Miró, Maria Vieira da Silva, Arpad Szenes and Zao Wou-Ki.

This copy of Le monde de l'art n'est pas le monde du pardon is one of 15 artist proof copies produced aside from the edition. Cramer does not record such artist's proofs, however Heede & Moestrup in their catalogue of Zao Wou-Ki's graphic works describe some artist's proofs on Arches. The present copy comes from the collection of the author René Char and was inherited by his nephew Bernard Moustrou.