Julien cain introduction (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Quarto, introductory essay by Julien Cain, 47 reproductions of caricature works by Daumier illustrating lawyers. First English edition of the issue. A particularly good bright copy in dust wrapper. Honore Daumier (illustrator).…

Couverture souple. Zustand: Très bon. un fascicule in-4°, 93 pp., couverture illustrée. (pages légèrement cornées). 423 n° décrits. Quelques illustrations en noir. Complet du feuillet d'errata. Peu courant.

Paris: Andre Sauret.1969. Folio. Original tan cloth with black lettering to spine and pictorial dust jacket; contains two original lithograph on dust jacket and forntispiece; pp. 179, [3]; fine. First edition of the third catalogue raisonne of Chagall's lithographs with an introduction by Julien Cain, legendary general administrator of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France before the Nazi occupation.Julien Cain writes in his introduction to this spectacular and invaluable contribution to the iconic artists mesmorising ouevre, "Chagall's secret is that he remained without theory, without method.he was content, instead to 'sing like a bird'", emphasizing Chagall's refusal to abide by prescriptive artsitic philosophies. He goes onto quote the artist himself, "What seems strange is clear".Catalogue and notes are by Ferdinand Mourlot and Charles Sorier.…