Published by Macdonald, London, 1986
Seller: W. Lamm, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Unpaginated [c.200 pp.] Illustrated throughout. Tight binding, clean and crisp pages. A faint hint of very light shelf wear, otherwise an excellent copy protected in a new Mylar cover. No inscriptions. No remainder mark. Not price clipped. Not ex-library. Collectible.; 4to - over 9 3/4" - 12" tall.
Hardcover. Condition: New.
Language: Catalan
Publication Date: 1980
Seller: El Pergamí Vell (Sant Celoni), Sant Celoni, B, Spain
Otros Colaboradores: Observaciones: Tapa Blanda. Del 28 de noviembre al 23 de diciembre de 1980. Sala de Exposiciones del Centro de Servicios de la Caixa de Pensiones, La Caixa. Madrid. Ex-libris del anterior propietario. . 69 p.
Published by Valldemossa, Mallorca: Libra Press, 1999, 1999
Seller: Cole & Contreras / Sylvan Cole Gallery, Sitges, B, Spain
First Edition
A book about Nils Burwitz' magisterial (and very expensive) livre d'artiste of the same title, designed to illuminate Miro's work. Includes fine color reproductions of Burwitz' twenty marvelous etchings, as well as translations (English, German, Spanish, Catalan) of the twenty texts about Miro by leading Spanish and Catalan intellectuals and artists, including Camilo Jose Cela, Rafael Alberti, and Robert Graves (who spent much of his life living in Mallorca). Edition limited to 1000 numbered copies, SIGNED IN INK BY BURWITZ. Folio. Publisher's wraps. FINE AND BRIGHT, WITH NO DEFECTS.
Published by Valldemossa, Mallorca: New Seizin Press / Libra Press, 1999, 1999
Seller: Cole & Contreras / Sylvan Cole Gallery, Sitges, B, Spain
First Edition Signed
THE LAST TRULY GREAT ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: A BRILLIANT EXPOSITION OF JOAN MIRO'S WORK THAT REQUIRED SEVEN YEARS TO PRODUCE, WITH TWENTY PENCIL-SIGNED ORIGINAL PRINTS BY NILS BURWITZ. Twenty texts about Miro by leading Spanish and Catalan intellectuals and artists, including Camilo Jose Cela, Rafael Alberti, and Robert Graves (who spent much of his life living in Mallorca). The texts are in Spanish or Catalan (except for Graves' poem, which is in English), and all appear here in first edition. Each text is accompanied by a AN ORIGINAL COLOR FULL-PAGE HORS-TEXTE MIXED-MEDIA PRINT BY NILS BURWITZ, JUSTIFIED AND SIGNED IN PENCIL BY THE ARTIST. These twenty highly complex prints are mostly etchings, often with aquatint and embossing. They brilliantly illuminate various aspects of Miro's work--and unmistakably demonstrate Burwitz' artistic and technical virtuosity. EDITION LIMITED TO 125 COPIES, ALL PRINTED ON EXTREMELY FINE HANDMADE PAPER AND SIGNED BY THE ARTIST IN THE COLOPHON. Large folio. Loose as issued in the original solander case, covered with beautiful dyed fabric made in Mallorca. Ceramic plaque with the title mounted to the front cover. Housed in a cloth slipcase. FINE AND BRIGHT, WITH NO DEFECTS. Laid in is a prospectus and a copy of the explanatory booklet--one of 1,000 copies, also signed by Burwitz--that contains reproductions of all of the prints, portraits (by Burwitz, of course) of all of the authors, and translations of all of the texts into English and German (and into Spanish for the Catalan texts, and Catalan for the Spanish). A monumental and stunning work.