chirico giorgio waldemar george gualtieri (1 résultats)

XXXIX (I) pages of text with 5 intercalated wholepage self-portraits on singleside printed plates; 1 sheet 'Planches', 30 singels. printed plates depicting the artist's works from 1925 to 1928, 1 per plate; text and plates printed on this paper resp. thing cardboard-sheets. - Slightly later 'jeans-like' blue cloth binding, both panels completely covered with the tipped-on green-titled front- and blank rear cover of the original creme-colour paper-bound original, the olive-grey endpapers decoratively marbled in green-red-black- and silver; 4to.(ca. 28 x 23 cm). *** [Letztmalig verlängerter, nochmals erweiterter SOMMER-SCHLUSS-VERKAUF (bis Montag, den 29.09.2025) / Ultimately extended SUMMER-END-SALE (until Monday, September 29, 2025): um fast 50% REDUZIERTER PREIS / PRICE-REDUCTION of almost 50%; ursprünglicher Preis / originally EUR 615,-] --- FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST MONOGRAPH OF THE ARTIST, NO. 1 OF LARGE-PAPER 60 COPIES ON 'ARCHES'-PAPER; unfortunatley without the etching of the 'Édition de tête' (followed by 500 copies on 'Vélin'). - Last blank page with old namestamp 'BORYS GUREWICZ / CZESTOCHOWA / Aleja 27.' who may have been related to De Chirico's first wife, the russian dancer Raissa Gurievich with whom he went to Paris in 1925, or the polish born Editor of the book (W. George) as the first copy of a small numbered edition usually is reserved for someone close to the aothor/artist or the publisher if not for the artist himself. . . --- Spine minimally creased and slightly rubbed at both ends, the original - well preserved - covers slightly dusty and minimally spotty; a BEAUTIFUL COPY OF THE RARE BOOK.