Fêtes.
Stock Code 108821
Paris, Maeght, 1971
Original price
$15,562.00
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Original price
$15,562.00
Original price
$15,562.00
$15,562.00
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$15,562.00
Current price
$15,562.00
Complete portfolio of Fêtes, with seven aquatints and the original wrappers designed by Calder.
Fêtes is a prose poem by French author Jacques Prévert, honoring Calder's remarkable achievements as a modern artist. Prévert explained that Calder is a 'sorcerer…of happiness', one whose art is a "pleasure of eyes and heart." Prévert was struck by Calder's seemingly effortless process, in which spontaneity, originality, and pure freedom of expression made him unclassifiable.
In preparing the illustrations for this project, Calder devised an unconventional technique for printing the brilliantly coloured aquatints that accompany Prévert's text. Calder first made a preliminary drawing in colour, and then cut sheet metal that had been prepared in aquatint to match the drawing. The various metal forms served as printing surfaces, which were laid out on a press and colours applied. The metal plates were then run through the press, transferring the colour to the paper, while simultaneously embossing the sheet.
Limited edition, one of 150 copies on vélin d'Arches, this numbered 75, from a total edition of 225, signed by the author and artist in pencil on the justification; folio (46 x 34 cm); complete portfolio of 7 aquatints in colour after Calder; loose in the original engraved wrapper with Calder's design, original orange cloth box, title in black to spine, corner bumped and partly faded, a fine copy.
Fêtes is a prose poem by French author Jacques Prévert, honoring Calder's remarkable achievements as a modern artist. Prévert explained that Calder is a 'sorcerer…of happiness', one whose art is a "pleasure of eyes and heart." Prévert was struck by Calder's seemingly effortless process, in which spontaneity, originality, and pure freedom of expression made him unclassifiable.
In preparing the illustrations for this project, Calder devised an unconventional technique for printing the brilliantly coloured aquatints that accompany Prévert's text. Calder first made a preliminary drawing in colour, and then cut sheet metal that had been prepared in aquatint to match the drawing. The various metal forms served as printing surfaces, which were laid out on a press and colours applied. The metal plates were then run through the press, transferring the colour to the paper, while simultaneously embossing the sheet.
Limited edition, one of 150 copies on vélin d'Arches, this numbered 75, from a total edition of 225, signed by the author and artist in pencil on the justification; folio (46 x 34 cm); complete portfolio of 7 aquatints in colour after Calder; loose in the original engraved wrapper with Calder's design, original orange cloth box, title in black to spine, corner bumped and partly faded, a fine copy.
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