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Arthur RIMBAUD and ZAO Wou-Ki. Illuminations.
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207
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Arthur RIMBAUD and ZAO Wou-Ki. Illuminations.
See original version (French)
Estimate €1,500 - €2,000
Voluntary lot
Description
Arthur RIMBAUD and ZAO Wou-Ki. Illuminations. Eight original colour etchings. Paris, Le Club français du livre, 1967.
Folio, loose-leaf, in the publisher’s sky-blue cloth box with Chinese-style clasps.
A beautiful illustrated book featuring 8 original full-page colour etchings by Zao Wou-Ki.
Limited edition of 200 copies on Rives BFK paper, signed by the artist (no. 60).
“Zao Wou-Ki undertook the illustration of Rimbaud’s *Illuminations* at the request of the Club français du livre. He produced eight colour etchings based on watercolours, which he exhibited in the spring of 1967 at the Galerie de France” (Marie Minssieux-Chamonard).
The publisher’s box is slightly warped.
(Marie Minssieux-Chamonard, Zao Wou-Ki, Prints and Illustrated Books, BnF, 2008, p. 22.- Hendgen, *Zao Wou-Ki and the Poets*, 2015, p. 107: “William Shakespeare, Arthur Rimbaud and Khalil Gibran are the only non-contemporary poets illustrated by Zao Wou-Ki.”)
See original version (French)
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About the sale
Henri Michaux, the Sven Pitsey collection
Auction location
Auction time
10/29/2026 at 2:00 PM
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