{"title":"Livres d’Artiste","description":"\u003cp\u003eBooks uniting text and visual art, including collaborations involving Picasso, Matisse and Man Ray. Consult each listing for edition and print details.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdetails\u003e\u003csummary\u003e\u003cu\u003eAbout this collection \u0026amp; related links\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cp\u003eExplore books in which text and visual art meet through collaboration, printmaking and considered design. The catalog brings together poets and artists including Picasso, Matisse and Man Ray. Each record distinguishes original prints, reproduced drawings and facsimile editions, and identifies the particular issue and copy offered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRelated collections: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/artist-books\"\u003eArtists’ Books\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/fine-press\"\u003eFine Press Books\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/modern-art-books\"\u003eModern Art Books\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCheck the individual item page for current availability, contents and condition. \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/contact\"\u003eAsk about a particular copy\u003c\/a\u003e, explore \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/artists-and-authors\"\u003eArtists \u0026amp; Authors\u003c\/a\u003e, or browse the \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/sold-archive\"\u003eSold Archive\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe French term livre d’artiste (plural livres d’artiste) is used for artist-and-writer collaborations. Artists’ books form a related, broader collecting category; compare the edition’s actual format and the relationship between text and images.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/details\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"1937-man-ray-paul-eluard-les-mains-libres","title":"1937. Man Ray. Paul Eluard. Les Mains Libres","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLes Mains libres\u003c\/em\u003e, with drawings by Man Ray and poems by Paul Éluard. Paris, 1937. First edition; copy 596.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eEdition and contents\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e176 pages, with 54 Man Ray drawings and color front and back covers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEach drawing is accompanied by a poem by Éluard.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe edition is recorded as 675 copies in total, including 650 on Chester vergé paper.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAssociation note\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA note found inside suggests a possible connection with the Museum of Modern Art or an affiliated person, including possible cleaning. Ownership by MoMA and any treatment history have not been confirmed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eCondition\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome pages remain uncut. A note inside suggests possible cleaning by MoMA or an affiliated person, but neither that association nor any treatment has been confirmed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCondition report available upon request.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eExplore related material\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/livres-d-artiste\"\u003eLivres d’artiste\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/poetry\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"bb-international-inquiry\"\u003e\u003ch2\u003eInternational delivery by quotation\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInternational delivery is available by quotation, subject to destination and carrier availability. Request shipping to your country and postal code using the item inquiry link below. We will confirm availability, delivery options, shipping charges and the order total before payment. Once agreed, we can provide a secure Shopify invoice including the item and shipping.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pages\/contact?bb_inquiry=1\u0026amp;bb_item=1937.%20Man%20Ray.%20Paul%20Eluard.%20Les%20Mains%20Libres\u0026amp;bb_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breethingbooks.com%2Fproducts%2F1937-man-ray-paul-eluard-les-mains-libres#ContactForm\"\u003eAsk about this item and your destination\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e","brand":"Breething Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45844704493798,"sku":"BB-000011","price":5400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/7931\/5942\/files\/man-ray-mains-libres-complete-cover-and-protector-white-lossless.webp?v=1791182836"},{"product_id":"1971-ned-jacobs-sacred-images-limited-edition-original-signed-drawing","title":"1971. Ned Jacob. Sacred Paint. Limited edition. Original signed Drawing.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSacred Paint\u003c\/em\u003e, with artwork by Ned Jacob and text by Sandra Dallas. Santa Fe: Fern Galleries Publishing, 1971. Hand-bound limited edition, copy 61 of 150.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eOriginal artwork and signatures\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis copy contains an original drawing signed by Ned Jacob, bound in and protected by a tissue guard. The title page is signed by both Jacob and Sandra Dallas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe original drawing makes this copy distinct within the limited edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eCondition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good. Tight binding; boards show minor rubbing and edgewear. Interior pages are clean and bright with just a touch of age toning. Original artwork is in excellent condition. Tissue guard in place. Some light shelfwear to box consistent with age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"bb-international-inquiry\"\u003e\u003ch2\u003eInternational delivery by quotation\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInternational delivery is available by quotation, subject to destination and carrier availability. Request shipping to your country and postal code using the item inquiry link below. We will confirm availability, delivery options, shipping charges and the order total before payment. Once agreed, we can provide a secure Shopify invoice including the item and shipping.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pages\/contact?bb_inquiry=1\u0026amp;bb_item=1971.%20Ned%20Jacob.%20Sacred%20Paint.%20Limited%20edition.%20Original%20signed%20Drawing.\u0026amp;bb_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breethingbooks.com%2Fproducts%2F1971-ned-jacobs-sacred-images-limited-edition-original-signed-drawing#ContactForm\"\u003eAsk about this item and your destination\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e","brand":"Breething Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45890025881830,"sku":"BB-000016","price":695.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/7931\/5942\/files\/ned-jacob-sacred-paint-original-signed-portrait-white-exterior-lossless.webp?v=1791183609"},{"product_id":"1971-sacred-paint-ned-jacob-limited-edition-150-original-signed-artwork","title":"1971. Sacred Paint. Ned Jacob. Limited Edition 150. 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Some light shelfwear to box consistent with age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"bb-international-inquiry\"\u003e\u003ch2\u003eInternational delivery by quotation\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInternational delivery is available by quotation, subject to destination and carrier availability. Request shipping to your country and postal code using the item inquiry link below. We will confirm availability, delivery options, shipping charges and the order total before payment. 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The book is listed in the principal Picasso illustrated-book and print catalogues.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e First edition, copy 400 of 525 numbered copies; total edition of 534.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrations:\u003c\/strong\u003e Six unsigned zincographs by Picasso.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReferences:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cramer, \u003cem\u003ePablo Picasso: The Illustrated Books\u003c\/em\u003e, 38; Bloch 361a–e; Baer 683–688.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdditional material:\u003c\/strong\u003e Original wraparound band and \u003cem\u003ePour Georges Hugnet\u003c\/em\u003e announcement sheet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Quarto in original printed wrappers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCondition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpine darkened and wrappers soiled. Approximately 3-inch closed tear at the foot of the spine and a substantial repaired chip, approximately 3½ × 4 inches, to the rear wrapper. Contents remain very good.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"bb-international-inquiry\"\u003e\u003ch2\u003eInternational delivery by quotation\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInternational delivery is available by quotation, subject to destination and carrier availability. Request shipping to your country and postal code using the item inquiry link below. We will confirm availability, delivery options, shipping charges and the order total before payment. 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From the series \u003cem\u003eLes Sentiers de la Création\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst edition of Jean Dubuffet’s densely integrated book of text and images, conceived and designed throughout by the artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe volume reproduces Dubuffet’s handwritten text in his deliberately unorthodox phonetic “jargon,” intertwined with more than one hundred black-and-white and color images in the visual language of his celebrated \u003cem\u003eHourloupe\u003c\/em\u003e cycle. Printed in héliogravure after the artist’s manuscript and original maquette.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDubuffet uses the seemingly ordinary subject of gardening as a vehicle for wordplay, visual puzzles, and a characteristically subversive meditation on language, culture, and artistic creation. 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Request shipping to your country and postal code using the item inquiry link below. We will confirm availability, delivery options, shipping charges and the order total before payment. 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Illustrated artist's book containing \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eten original color lithographs by Joan Miró\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, eight of which extend across double-page spreads, accompanied by texts by Rafael Orozco, Maria Lluïsa Borràs, and Josep Royo.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne of only 100 deluxe copies printed on special Guarro paper and signed in pencil by Joan Miró; this copy number 61\/100.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e An additional 1,000 copies were issued on Sarrió paper without Miró's pencil signature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe portfolio documents Miró's celebrated \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTapís de Tarragona\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, created in collaboration with the Catalan textile artist Josep Royo. 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This is copy \u003cstrong\u003e113\u003c\/strong\u003e from the edition of 200, within a total edition of 275. Swann records each etching as signed in pencil at the lower right, with the numbered colophon also signed in pencil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sheets are loose as issued, with full margins, in the original red linen portfolio. Offered as the portfolio, not as an individual print.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eEdition and contents\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrations:\u003c\/strong\u003e 20 color etchings on Arches\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLimitation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Copy 113; edition of 200, total edition 275\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSignatures:\u003c\/strong\u003e Each print and the colophon, as recorded by Swann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSheet size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 22¼ × 14⅞ in. 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This is the \u003cstrong\u003ehors-commerce copy numbered 0\u003c\/strong\u003e, outside the edition of 190. Swann records each lithograph as signed by its artist and each accompanying essay as signed by its author.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe original folio is bound in inlaid, gilt full calf by Jacques Ebrard and housed in its matching clamshell box. The work is offered intact as a single portfolio-volume, not as separate prints. The main photograph shows the Man Ray lithograph.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eEdition and contents\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1972\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrations:\u003c\/strong\u003e 20 color lithographs with accompanying text\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContributors include:\u003c\/strong\u003e Man Ray, Leonor Fini, André Masson and Enrico Baj\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLimitation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hors-commerce set, justification numbered 0; aside from the edition of 190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSignatures:\u003c\/strong\u003e Each print by its artist and each accompanying essay by its author, as recorded by Swann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePage size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 14⅝ × 11 in. 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