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A. GLEIZES 72 Etchings + 3 Drawings

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A. GLEIZES 72 Etchings + 3 Drawings
ALBERT GLEIZES
Paris 1881 - 1953 Avignon

Sur l'Homme et Dieu / About Man and God - 1950
Original Portfolio with Three Hand Signed Watercolor and Ink Drawings and 72 Original Etchings

Title : Sur l'Homme et Dieu / About Man and God.

Technique : Portfolio with Three Watercolor and Ink Drawings 72 Original Etchings on Velin d'Arches paper.

Drawings sheet Size : 32.5 X 23.5 cm / 12.8 X 9.2 inch.

Etchings sheet Size : 32.5 X 23.5 cm / 12.8 X 9.2 inch.

Additional Information : This Portfolio includes Three Hand Signed original Drawings, and 74 Etchings by Albert Gleizes and text Blaise Pascal.
The Drawings : Each one of the three Hand Signed Drawings is Signed with the artist initials in black ink at the lower right margin, and each one is drawn on a seperate page.
The Etchings : 57 of the etchings are bond in double pages some with text and some with other etchings.
The 15 additinal etchings are printed on individual seperated sheets of paper in a Separate case.
These Etchings are from an earlier state then the 57 etchings included with the text.
They are printed on loose pages separate from the Portfolio so they can be individaully framed
The Edition : There were 26 specially printed portfolios numbered XX-XLV out of the 200 that were made.
Our portfolio is numbered XLI and is one of the 26 speciall portfolios. Only these 26 portfolio included the 3 original drawings and watercolors.
The Portoflio and Drawings were made in 1949/50 in a limited edition of 200 Impressions by Editions de la Cigogne, rue de Longwy Casablanca.
It includes except of the three Drawings and 72 etchings, 207 pages of text and poems by Blaise Pascal.
The three drawings were painted by Albert Gleizes in preparation for this special edition portfolio and were used to make the plates for two of the etchings.
It was published by Compagnie des Bibliophiles du Livre D'art et de L'amerique Latine, Paris in 1961.

In addition there is also a special folder that includes details and Images from the Portfolio.
It was printed specially for the publication of the portfolio.
The folder is numbered 41/300 and includes 31 pages of text and images.
The folder was printed in a limited edition of 300 impressions.

Literature: D. Robbins Albert Gleizes. Catalogue Raisonne, Vol. II Paris 1998
Reference : Robbins 700ff.

Condition : The Portfolio and Etchings are all in Very Good Condition, the drawings have a few light stains. One of the Drawings has a small tear (1 cm) in the lower left edge. other wise all three are in very good condition.