ID 1173204
Lot 159 | TZARA, Tristan (1896-1963) et Juan GRIS (1887-1927)
Estimate value
€ 1 000 – 1 500
Mouchoir de nuages. Paris : Éditions de la galerie Simon, 1925.
Édition originale du seul livre illustré d'eaux-fortes par Juan Gris. La pièce fut jouée la première fois le 17 mai 1924 au Théâtre de la Cigale. The Artist and the book, n° 126 (“Tzara [...] had long wanted drawings from Gris and this publication is their only collaboration") ; Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, marchand, éditeur, écrivain, Centre Georges Pompidou, pp. 62-64 ("Dominant absolument le métier, la matière, il confère à la silhouette de chacun des personnages une ampleur tranquille, presque monumentale.") ; Rauch, n° 99.
In-12 (190 x 118 mm). Un des 90 exemplaires sur vergé d'Arches, celui-ci le n° 43, signé par l'auteur et l'artiste. Illustré de 9 eaux-fortes originales de Juan Gris, dont 1 pour la couverture et 4 hors-texte. Reliure signée de Devauchelle, datée 2003 : chagrin ébène mosaïqué sur chaque plat d'une composition géométrique de pièces de bois, de maroquin crème estampé à froid, de maroquin rouge et de maroquin bleu, noms de l'auteur et de l'artiste respectivement mosaïqués au premier et second plat de pièces de maroquin crème, beige et chagrin ébène, dos lisse titré crème, doublures et gardes de daim beige, couverture conservée. Sous chemise et étui.
First edition of the only book illustrated with etchings by Juan Gris.
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