▷ Le livre des livres I by Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, 1974 | Book Print Special Offer

Leading edition of the artist’s book, Livre des livres I, including 22 poems by Pierre Lecuire and 22 original engravings by 15 artists: Fermin Aguayo, Geneviève Asse, César, Serge Charchoune, Étienne-Martin, Claude Garache, Charles Marq, Jean Messagier, Henry Moore, Vera Pagava, Brigitte Simon, Arpad Szenès, Pierre Tal Coat, Raoul Ubac, Maria Helena Viera da Silva.

First edition (1974) printed at 130 copies on shaped paper, signed by the author and the artists in colophon. Edited by Pierre Lecuire, 1974, Paris.

One of the 25 master copies with a series of 22 engravings and an additional burin engraving, all signed.

In-folio, in sheets, publisher box.
Dimensions of the box: 49.5 x 35.5 x 5 cm
Dimensions of the pages: 46.5 x 32.5 cm

The Book of Books is an invitation to fifteen artists to produce a variation from the engraving, Les three books, by Hercules Seghers (c. 1590 – c. 1638), Dutch engraver and painter of the Golden Age.

References: Books by Pierre Lecuire, Descriptive Bibliography, 1980: n ° 20. – Cat. Books by Pierre Lecuire, BnF, 2001, n ° 22.