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189 - [ARTIST'S BOOK] - [BARTA (László, illustrator and bookbinder…
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[ARTIST'S BOOK] - [BARTA (László, illustrator and bookbinder)]. Lysistrata, new translation by C. Poyard. Artist’s book, bound in a sculpted cover and embellished with four original watercolours by László Barta. Fontenay-Aux-Roses, Editions de la Cigogne, 1932. Folio volume (333 x 270 mm). Brown calfskin, chiselled and embossed decorations on each cover, highlighted with green paint in the recessed areas, depicting three full-length women, draped or nude, in classical style within architectural frames; linings and endpapers decorated with four large gouache watercolours. Covers preserved, margins untrimmed. Edged slipcase. Covers and gouaches unsigned, attributed to László Barta. 101 pp. Scuffing to the edges of the covers. Spine damaged with a significant loss at the top, split joints. A deluxe edition illustrated with 40 original etchings by László Barta. Limited edition of only 109 numbered copies; this one is one of 59 on Montval paper (no. 82). Accompanying promotional leaflet. Remarkable binding decorated with embossed leather after László Barta, enriched with four gouache watercolours mounted on the endpapers and flyleaves of the volume. We are aware of another copy of this edition, bound in a similar binding by Barta, as well as a copy of Villon’s works featuring carved wood and watercolours on the endpapers and half-bonds. László Barta (1902–1961), known as Brutus, was a versatile artist: painter, lithographer, mosaicist, book illustrator and theatre set designer. Born in Nagykoros, Hungary, he left his country—then under Horthy’s dictatorship—to settle in France in 1926. From 1927 onwards, he exhibited regularly at the Salon d’Automne until 1938. Having settled in Saint-Tropez, he was placed under house arrest in Saint-Florent, Corsica, during the war. Actively involved in the Resistance, he was deported to an Italian camp in 1943. Naturalised as a French citizen in 1948, he resumed his artistic career and travelled to Ravenna to learn the art of mosaics from the local masters.
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About the sale Fine antique and collectible books, manuscripts and modern illustrated works
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Auction time 06/29/2026 at 2:00 PM
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