▷ Sans titre (Un poème dans chaque livre Paul Eluard) Ref BDNW2925 by Henri Laurens, 1955, Print

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Last updated 07 juillet 2024

▷ Sans titre (Un poème dans chaque livre Paul Eluard) Ref BDNW2925 by Henri Laurens, 1955, Print

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Technique and support: Wood on paper Dimensions: 32 x 46.5 cm (image 17 x 30.5 cm) Condition: in perfect condition Provenance: Genevieve and Jean Paul Kahn collection Special features of the work: Original print monogrammed HL by hand by the artist in pencil at the bottom left, monogrammed HL in the plate and numbered III/IV. This work is an additional wide-margined edition of illustration 14 of the tribute book to Eluard a poem in each book published in 1956 in 120 copies. In the book illustration 14 is positioned next to Paul Eluard's poem Les mains libre (1937). The work comes from the album called Album A, Reprinted from the book in 20 copies. Each album contains, like the book, 16 prints (including this work by Henri Laurens) but they were printed with wide margins and unlike the prints in the book, all signed or monogrammed by the artists. The album we have was the property of the publisher Louis BRODER. It stands out from the others because it is enriched in addition to the 16 large-margined illustrations with many other prints collected by the publisher throughout his collaboration with the artists on this book. Explanatory photo 1: Comparison between Album A offprint of a poem in each book printed in 20 copies and the book a poem in each book printed in 120 copies. Explanatory photo 2: Album A offprint of 20 copies having belonged to the publisher Louis Broder contained in a gray canvas box with a label stuck on the back and the first cover. Explanatory photo 3: Proof of printing of Album A which indicates the maximum number of copies of prints contained in total in the 20 albums as well as the names of the artists. It is annotated in red pencil Editor's copy B because it belonged to Louis Broder. Explanatory photo 4: Original print signed and printed with wide margins by Pablo Picasso, contained in album A Explanatory photo 5: Original print signed and printed with large margins by Max Ernst, contained in album A Explanatory photo 6: Book a poem in each book printed in 120 copies, containing the 16 prints unsigned by the artists (signatures on the proof of printing of the book) Explanatory photo 7: Print by Pablo Picasso on double page, unsigned contained in the book a poem in each book Explanatory photo 8: Print by Max Ernst unsigned contained in the book a poem in each book, Sans titre (Un poème dans chaque livre Paul Eluard) Ref BDNW2925, Henri Laurens

Two small almost invisible holes of barely 0.1 mm, probably linked to the graininess of the printing matrix of the print but which will be completely