NICOLAS DE STAËL - Lot 19

NICOLAS DE STAËL Letters from Nicolas de Staël to Pierre Lecuire. Paris, Baudier, 1966, in-4 leaves, illustrated cover in color, with a collage by Nicolas de Staël specially made for this book, filled, presented in a double slipcase. First edition printed at 225 numbered copies, one of the top 25 printed on Auvergne paper, with a proof of the cover in color, 4 facsimile letters from Nicolas de Staël, an envelope containing a letter from N. de Staël to Pierre Lecuire and a tricolor postcard from Pierre Lecuire to N. de Staël, both facsimile copies. Exemplaire № 4 dédiacé à la main par Pierre Lecuire A André Bernheim ce livre de temps de jours dont la lumière accumulée sonne sur les murs hospitaliers à Nicolas de Staël, et enrichi d'une invitation dédicacée par P. Lecuire à l'occasion de la publication. Note: - Lettres de Nicolas de Staël à Pierre Lecuire is an intimate work that brings together the correspondence between the painter and the publisher-poet. Published with Lecuire's care, the book is also illustrated by de Staël, who blends words and images in a sensitive dialogue. The letters reveal their friendship, their high artistic standards, and the artist's view of his own work, between doubt, energy and the quest for truth. Expert : Cabinet Vallériaux. Please ask for the condition reports before the sale: they are not included in the listings.