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A. GLEIZES 72 Etchings + 3 Drawings

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A. GLEIZES 72 Etchings + 3 Drawings
ALBERT GLEIZES<BR>Paris 1881 - 1953 Avignon <BR><BR>Sur l'Homme et Dieu / About Man and God - 1950 <BR>Original Portfolio with Three Hand Signed Watercolor and Ink Drawings and 72 Original Etchings<BR><BR>Title : Sur l'Homme et Dieu / About Man and God. <BR><BR>Technique : Portfolio with Three Watercolor and Ink Drawings 72 Original Etchings on Velin d'Arches paper. <BR><BR>Drawings sheet Size : 32.5 X 23.5 cm / 12.8 X 9.2 inch. <BR><BR>Etchings sheet Size : 32.5 X 23.5 cm / 12.8 X 9.2 inch.<BR><BR>Additional Information : This Portfolio includes Three Hand Signed original Drawings, and 74 Etchings by Albert Gleizes and text Blaise Pascal.<BR>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.<BR>The Etchings : 57 of the etchings are bond in double pages some with text and some with other etchings.<BR>The 15 additinal etchings are printed on individual seperated sheets of paper in a Separate case.<BR>These Etchings are from an earlier state then the 57 etchings included with the text.<BR>They are printed on loose pages separate from the Portfolio so they can be individaully framed<BR>The Edition : There were 26 specially printed portfolios numbered XX-XLV out of the 200 that were made.<BR>Our portfolio is numbered XLI and is one of the 26 speciall portfolios. Only these 26 portfolio included the 3 original drawings and watercolors.<BR>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.<BR>It includes except of the three Drawings and 72 etchings, 207 pages of text and poems by Blaise Pascal.<BR>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.<BR>It was published by Compagnie des Bibliophiles du Livre D'art et de L'amerique Latine, Paris in 1961.<BR><BR>In addition there is also a special folder that includes details and Images from the Portfolio.<BR>It was printed specially for the publication of the portfolio.<BR>The folder is numbered 41/300 and includes 31 pages of text and images.<BR>The folder was printed in a limited edition of 300 impressions.<BR><BR>Literature: D. Robbins Albert Gleizes. Catalogue Raisonne, Vol. II Paris 1998 <BR>Reference : Robbins 700ff. <BR><BR>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.