Valentine PENROSE. - Lot 198

Lot n° 198
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Valentine PENROSE. - Lot 198
Valentine PENROSE. Magic. Frontispiece by Joan Miró. Paris, Les Mains libres, 1972. In-12, chagrin chocolat, smooth back, dishes decorated with an intaglio mosaic decoration of marbled morocco and three yellow, red and green morocco pastilles, lining of chagrin chocolat, grey suede guards, entirely untrimmed, cover filled and back preserved, shirt, case (Leroux, 1973). Original edition. Limited edition of 425 copies. One of the first 6 nominative copies on mother-of-pearl japanese, this one for Jean and Chantal Petithory (ex. E), signed by the author : it is enriched with two autograph poems signed. Superb original etching in colours by Joan Miró, signed. It is here in double condition: on pearly japanese and on fine laid. (Cramer, Joan Miró, les livres illustrés, nº 162.) Two autograph double consignment from the painter and the author to Jean and Chantal Petithory, the one by Miró, full page and dated 27 II 1973, being enriched with an original drawing in colour pencils. Valentine Penrose's is dated January 1973. Important decorated binding by Georges Leroux, contemporary of the edition.
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