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European Artists

There are so many incredible European artists, and there is a wide selection of rare books about European artists to choose from. Some of the rare European art books featured below focus on specific artists, and other books are written solely about individual European artists. Many of these books have beautiful illustrations, and the books themselves could be considered works of art.

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Les Trois Impostures and Suite des Gravures sur Cuive par Hermine David (two item set)
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Les Trois Impostures and Suite des Gravures sur Cuive par Hermine David (two item set)

by P. - J. Toulet

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All text in French/langue francaise. Two items: Work by Toulet with copper plate engravings by David and separate portfolio of same engravings; both items with coordinated covers with original glassine dust jackets. 1st) Salmon color paper over thin card covers, black and red titles on front cover; black titles on spine; engraved print title page; 2-color text on title page and throughout; 16 engraved plates (13 full page - incl title page, tissue-guarded; 3 half page); wove paper, presumably 'old Japan' (vieux japon) paper. 2nd) White thin card cover, red titles on front cover; 16 prints enclosed: title page engraving (without text), 12 full page and 3 half page - printed 1 per page, 1 side only, showing intaglio platemarks; tissue-guarded (2 lacking); no text apart from front cover. Item 1 (book) is limited print 225 of which 25 are on old Japan paper and 200 are on Arches; this copy is No. 2. No indication of print numbers in item 2 (portfolio). Item 1: 4to, 148 pp, see, OCLC #64762731. Item 2:… Read More
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Self Portrait / Man Ray
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Self Portrait / Man Ray

by Man Ray

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First Edition
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Hardcover
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Seattle, Washington
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Atlantic Monthly / Little Brown, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Signed and inscribed by Man Ray with an original drawing of his trademark floating eye and face. This copy is inscribed on the half title to Frank Goodman, 'one of the last of the old-time Broadway press agents, a star handler and headline hustler' (New York Times). The drawing and inscription are on the half title. The inscription, which is bordered by and incorporates the drawing, reads 'For Mr. Frank Goodman Man Ray April 2, 1963'. The floating eye is above Ray's signature, and the nose and mouth extend beneath the inscription. CONDITION: Nice copy in the original black cloth in gilt and copper, in first issue jacket complete with $7.95 price (slight surface wear to jacket with wrinkle at top; book has been recased with new endpapers; some light staining to top and bottom edges of text). Man Ray (born Emmanuel Radnitzky 1890-1976), American painter, photographer, and conceptual artist active in France, a leading… Read More
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Manet and the French Impressionists. Pissarro, Claude Monet, Sisley, Renoir, Berthe Morisot,...
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Manet and the French Impressionists. Pissarro, Claude Monet, Sisley, Renoir, Berthe Morisot, Cezanne, Guillaumin. Translated by J. E. Crawford Flitch

by Duret, Theodore

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Used - Near Fine
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Hardcover
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Woodstock, New York
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280pp., illustrated, including 4 original etchings (with tissue guards) by Morison, Manet, & 2 Renoirs. Cloth with gilt foredge. Light foxing to endpapers and a few leaves (not affecting any of the prints). Bookplate indicating Librairie des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels, Louis de Meuleneere, Brussels. Near Fine.Please Note: Additional packing and insurance is required for this item. Please inquire.
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La Mélodie Acide
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La Mélodie Acide: 14 Lithographs by Joan Miro

by Miró, Joan

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La Mélodie Acide, (1980). Twelve of 14 original stone lithographs by Joan Miro housed with limitation page in printed portfolio and protected by exterior paperboard portfolio. Loose as issued. Signed on plate (plate signed) and hand numbered out of 1500. Limitation page in French and English. This set is No. 1477/1500.
"The series was printed using the original plates for the portfolio LA MELODIE ACIDE, published in January 1980....The present edition consists of 1,500 prints on Arches paper of the 14 original plates, numbered from 1/1,500 to 1,500/1,500, and with the artist's signature on each of the plates."
This set is INCOMPLETE with 12 of the 14 plates. Plates measure 13 x 10 inches and are in excellent condition. Exterior paperboard portfolio is heavily torn at the flap and lightly soiled overall.
Photos are of the portfolio and prints we have here at Barbed Wire Books. Please don't hesitate to contact Barbed Wire Books with any questions.
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Vite de Pittori, Scultori, ed Architetti Moderni.

Vite de Pittori, Scultori, ed Architetti Moderni.

by PASCOLI, Lione

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Used
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First Edition — Primera edición
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Hardcover
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Madrid, Madrid
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Roma: Antonio de Rossi, 1730. First Edition — Primera edición. Hardcover — Tapa dura. 250x190mm. (9¾x7½").. Roma, Antonio de Rossi, 1730-1736. 2 volúmenes. En 4º (250 x 190)mm. -I: (24), 330, (6) pp. -II: (16), 560, (6) pp. Portadillas y portadas en ambos volúmenes impresas en rojo y negro. Numerosas iniciales grabadas en madera. Encuadernación de la época en holandesa piel color oliva con puntas, tejuelo en las lomeras y decoración dorada. Primera edición de este apreciado trabajo que contiene una biografía de artistas italianos desde el siglo XVII, excluyendo a las personas vivas, siendo Bernini la única omisión notable. La primera gran obra de la historiografía artística italiana del siglo dieciocho. Hay un cambio interesante de énfasis entre el primer y el segundo volumen. En el primero, Pascoli alaba la modernidad y el genio y admira la fecundidad del siglo XVII, mientras que en el segundo advierte sobre los peligros de la imaginación y recomienda seguir a los antiguos. El… Read More
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Croquis - [Ten Lithographs]
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Croquis - [Ten Lithographs]

by Eugène Isabey

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Used - Very Good+
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Hardcover
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Mourioux Vieilleville, France
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Paris, Félix Hermet, no date (but mid 19th c.), 190 x 274mm, pp. (26); orig. half cloth, gilt lettering on front board. The complete album as issued by the publisher. - Small word by Hermet, mainly on this publication, and ten orig. lithographs by Isabey, printed (recto only) on Bristol paper, which is an excellent paper for lithographic printing. These ten lithos are part of the 13 which Isabey provided for "Croquis par divers artistes", first published by Rittner and Osterwald aîné (Paris), and by Charles Tilt, London, ca. 1830. The stones then moved to Danlos who resold them again to Félix Hermet, who made the album here offered. - Germain Hédiard (Delteil 1906), the lithographs described at pages 31-34 (3th, 4th, and/or 5th state); Atherton Curtis 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 21. - Slight rubbing at edges and corners of the cover; a few very faint foxing spots in the first plate; very good condition thus for this very rare album. - Eugène Isabey (1803-1886) himself paid little… Read More
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DESSINS POUR LA BIBLE | VERVE : REVUE ARTISTIQUE ET LITTERAIRE ... VOL. X, Nos 37 ET 38
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DESSINS POUR LA BIBLE | VERVE : REVUE ARTISTIQUE ET LITTERAIRE ... VOL. X, Nos 37 ET 38

by Chagall, Marc [art]; Gaston Bachelard [text]; Catherine Stanescu [binding]

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Used - Fine
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First Edition
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Hardcover
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Brooklyn, New York
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Paris: Éditions de la Revue Verve, 1960. 36 cm. [17],95,[16] pp. including 96 monochrome plates, plus 24 color plates. Original color lithographic covers not present. In French. Brown morocco, red and tan morocco onlays, pictorially tooled in gilt, spine titled in gilt, turn-ins ruled in gilt, red suede doublures, all edges gilt. Binding signed in gilt by Catherine Stanescu. Housed in a clamshell case, quarter morocco and marbled paper over boards, gilt leather labels, tan suede doublures. Paper edges of case rubbed, joints and leather edges of case moderately scuffed and worn, else very good. Binding and contents of book fine. In 1930, Paris art dealer and publisher Ambroise Vollard commissioned Marc Chagall to produce a suite of etchings illustrating the Hebrew Bible. The project precipitated Chagall's two-month visit the following year to the Holy Land, where he and his family were guests of Meir Dizengoff, founder and mayor of Tel Aviv. Chagall biographer Jackie Wullschlager describes the object… Read More
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MUUMI. The Tampere Art Museum MOOMINS Exhibition Catalogue, 1986. Signed/Dated by Tove Jansson...
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MUUMI. The Tampere Art Museum MOOMINS Exhibition Catalogue, 1986. Signed/Dated by Tove Jansson & Tuulikki Pietilä

by Jansson, Tove & Pietilä, Tuulikki

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1st Edition
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Paperback
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Sastamala, Finland
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Tampere, Finland: Tampere Art Museum, 1986. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. First Printing. An incredibly rare item of Moomins memorabilia. In 1986 Tove Jansson and her life-partner, the artist Tuulikki Pietilä, donated a huge collection of Moomins-related artwork to Tampere Art Museum, Finland. The collection comprised over 1000 drawings and paintings and 38 three-dimensional tableaux. The collection was first displayed in The Moomins exhibition at Tampere Art Museum along with other original sketches and book illustrations by Jansson. The tableaux were miniature Moomin-themed dioramas crafted by Jansson, Tuulikki Pietilä and their friend, Pentti Eistola. The donation also comprised other works of art by Jansson as well as archival Moomins-related material. An exhibition catalogue was, of course, published to mark the occasion and we are pleased to be able to offer for sale a particularly significant example. Printed in the Finnish language, the catalogue comprises 72 pages with text… Read More
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Artists of the Nineteenth Century and Their Works: A Handbook Containing Two Thousand and Fifty...
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Artists of the Nineteenth Century and Their Works: A Handbook Containing Two Thousand and Fifty Biographical Sketches

by Clement, Clara Erskine / Hutton, Laurence

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1st
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Hardcover
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Granville, New York
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Boston: Houghton Osgood / Houghton, Mifflin, 1879. First edition. Hard cover. 2 volume matching set. Published Boston: Houghton Osgood / Houghton, Mifflin, 1879, 1880. 8vo., lxxxvii+386pp.+43pp. index; lviii+373pp.+43pp. index. Dark maroon cloth with gilt spine titles and cover design, beveled boards with black endpapers, all edges tinted red. Volume one has the 1879 imprint of Houghton Osgood on title page; volume two has 1880 imprint of Houghton, Mifflin. Some wear to the cloth at spine ends, bit or rub to cloth in a few spots, previous owner name on title page of volume one, else a fine, clean, crisp set. . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo.
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Illuminations Nouvelles. With an original, signed drawing by Raoul Dufy.
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Illuminations Nouvelles. With an original, signed drawing by Raoul Dufy.

by Dufy, Raoul / Leon-Paul Fargue

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Used - Fine
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1st Edition
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Hardcover
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Veldhoven, Netherlands
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Paris: Textes Pretextes, 1953. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Magnificent binding and matching clamshell box by French master binder Florent Rousseau.The book is bound in full black calf with patterned color (paper?) inlays. Spine lettered in various colors. The binders name printed on a matching inlay on the front paste down. Clamshell box in half-calf with corner inlays and 3 title labels on spine. Covered with velvet on the inside. With an original pencil drawing on transparent paper by Raoul Dufy bound in (32,5 x 24,5 cm.). Signed by Raoul Dufy with his initials RD in ink. Authentication stamp of Andre Robert on verso: 'Authentifie Raoul Dufy par Andre Robert'. The drawing is reproduced as a lithograph on page 73. Limited edition of 277 copies. This is number 73 of 250 copies printed by on Arches. Illustrated with full page, double page and in-text color and black & white lithographs by Raoul Dufy. 124 pp., 33 x 28 cm. (book), 35 x 23,5 cm. (box). The original… Read More
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La Ballade du Soldat
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La Ballade du Soldat

by Ernst, Max / Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes

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Used - Near Fine
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1st Edition
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Paperback
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Veldhoven, Netherlands
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Vence: Pierre Chave, 1972. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Loose sheets in illustrated wrappers. In light blue cloth chemise with dark blue cover illustration and spine lettering. Lacking the slipcase. Illustrated with 34 original lithographs and two vignettes by Max Ernst. HC copy of the regular French edition of 217 copies (there were also 98 copies with an extra suite). Printed on Velin d'Arches. Singed in pencil by Max Erst and Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes. 95 (i) pp., 39 x 29 cm. Light stain on frontcover chemise, occasional light offsetting to text pages. Lithographs in very fine condition. .
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San Lazzaro et ses Amis
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San Lazzaro et ses Amis

by San Lazzaro, Gualtieri di / Lithographs by Picasso, Fontana, Calder, Chagall, Miro and others

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Used - Fine
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1st Edition
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Hardcover
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Veldhoven, Netherlands
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Paris: XXe Siecle, 1975. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Published as a tribute to Gualtieri di San Lazzaro, the founder of the magazine XXe Siecle. Loose sheets as issued. In original wrappers and cloth clamshell box with the portrait of San Lazzaro mounted on the inside. With 15 lithographs by Max Bill, Alexander Calder, Marc Chagall, Max Ernst, Hans Hartung, Joan Miro, Henry Moore, Graham Sutherland, Georges Braque, Lucio Fontana, Rene Magritte, Pablo Picasso, Serge Poliakoff and Alberto Magnelli. All but one (Chagall) printed in color. Text by Gualtieri di San Lazzaro, Pierre Volboudt, Nina Kandinsky, Marc Chagall, Andre Verdet, Marino Marini and others. This is number 310 of a limited edition of 575 copies, all printed on Velin d'Arches by Fernand Mourlot, l'Imprimerie Arte, Pierre Chave, Les Ateliers Bellini and Curwen Studio London. 141,vii pp. 38 x 28,8 x 5,5 cm. Except from the inevitable offsetting from the lithographs to the facing text pages, this is a very fine, almost mint… Read More
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Chant Funebre pour Ignacio Sanchez Mejias
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Chant Funebre pour Ignacio Sanchez Mejias

by Picasso, Pablo / Federico Garcia Lorca

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Veldhoven, Netherlands
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Bievres, Essonne: Pierre de Tartas, 1976. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Loose sheets in wrappers with Picasso's design printed in relief. This copy with an extra relief printed wrapper. In publishers black cloth clamshell box with gilt and red lettering. Poems by Federico Garcia Lorca in French and Portuguese. Illustrated by Picasso with 4 original full-page color lithographs, 10 monochrome woodcut illustrations in the text, and 5 (6) original embossed prints including the one on the (double) wrapper, all executed after Pablo Picasso. The 4 color lithographs are protected by tissue guards. The lithographs and the embossed prints are plate signed by Picasso. The woodcuts were engraved by Guy Descouens and printed by Pierre Jean Mathan. Inevitable light offsetting from the woodcuts. The original prints were printed on the presses of the Ateliers Desclais. This is number 152 of 220 copies printed on grand velin d'Arches, signed by the publisher. The total edition was 306 copies. Sheets measure 37 x 28… Read More
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Trattato della Sanctissima Charità
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Trattato della Sanctissima Charità: Printed 'at the instance’ of the Dominican tertiary nuns of the Monastery of Santa Caterina del Paradiso in Siena: the Essling's copy

by Dominici Giovanni (al secolo Banchini o Baccini Giovanni, Firenze, 1356 o 1357 – Buda, 1419)

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Milan, Italy
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4°; cc. (4), 180 [recte: 170], (2) [numerosi errori nella numerazione delle carte]; segnatura: †⁴,A-X⁸,Y⁴. Caratteri gotico e romanico. Al frontespizio, grande silografia a piena pagina raffigurante l'autore inginocchiato nell'atto di offrire la sua opera a Cristo in Croce; capilettera silografici. Splendido colophon calligrammatico in forme di Croce. Legatura del sec. XIX - firmata "M. Lortic" in marocchino rosso, armi al centro dei piatti, dorso a cinque nervi con titolo impresso in oro e monogramma 'MV', taglî dorati. Accurati, piccoli restauri marginali - verosimilmente ottocenteschi - alla prima e ultima carta; alcuni fascicoli leggermente bruniti. Nel complesso, copia molto bella, discretamente lavata come imponeva il canone collezionistico francese del secondo Ottocento.
Provenienza: legatura alle armi di Victor Masséna, Prince d'Essling (1836-1910); su un foglio di guardia, etichetta "Antiquariato Librario [Francesco] Radaeli", Milano; Christie's 16 Jun 2005, Libri e autografi, n.… Read More
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Two original pochoirs by Joan Miro from Cahiers d'Art 1934, No1-4
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Two original pochoirs by Joan Miro from Cahiers d'Art 1934, No1-4

by Miro, Joan

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Veldhoven, Netherlands
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Paris: Editions Cahiers D'Art, 1934. Print. Very Good. No Binding. Two original pochoirs by Miro in colors with surrealist compositions. One in red, black and white and one in blue, black and white. Printed on wove paper by Imprimerie Crete. From Cahiers d'Art, directed by Christian Zervos. Highly sought after original pochoirs by Joan Miro. The red, black and white pochoir with scratching, visible at a certain angle and light offsetting to white areas. Both pochoirs with light wear to edges. 30,6 x 24,1 cm. .
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