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272 - Classical Modernism Giacometti, Alberto Lithograph based on …
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Estimate €1,400 - €2,000
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Classical Modernism Giacometti, Alberto Lithograph based on an original drawing. In: Tristan Tzara. Ramures. 1936. Lithograph on firm, smoothed vélin. 24.8 x 19 cm. – Magnificent print in rich, contrasting black. Koepplin, Giacometti, 127. - Tristan Tzara, Les livres, 7. - One of 70 copies on Normandy vellum, hand-signed and numbered by the printer in the colophon. Published by GLM in Paris as the 11th volume of the ‘repères’ collection. - An avant-garde poetry collection by Dada founder Tristan Tzara (1896–1963), featuring fragmentary, vividly evocative verses on nature, destruction and revolution. The brilliant original drawing by Alberto Giacometti, reproduced here in a rich and high-contrast lithographic version, uses ascetic lines to accentuate the ramure-like (branch-like) themes of Tzara’s text, a milestone in modernist poetry. ‘Ramures’ (‘branches’ or ‘shrubbery’) evokes ramified, organic imagery that reflects Tzara’s break with the pure nihilism of the Dada period. - In a hand-bound white half-leather binding of white goatskin with a gold-embossed title on the spine and inlaid coloured papers in Bordeaux and black (presumably from the circle of the bookbinder Pierre-Lucien Martin). Highly prized amongst collectors, particularly when luxuriously bound as here. - In good condition. Lithograph based on an original drawing by Alberto Giacometti. In: Tristan Tzara. Ramures. 1936. Lithograph on sturdy, smoothed vélin. 24.8 x 19 cm. – A magnificent print in rich, high-contrast black. – One of 70 copies on Normandy vellum, hand-signed and numbered by the printer in the colophon. Published by GLM in Paris as the 11th volume of the ‘repères’ collection. - An avant-garde poetry collection by Dada founder Tristan Tzara (1896–1963), featuring fragmentary, vivid verses on nature, destruction and revolution. The striking original drawing by Alberto Giacometti, characterised by austere lines, highlights the ‘ramure’-like (branch-like) themes of Tzara’s text, a milestone in modernist poetry. ‘Ramures’ (‘branches’ or ‘woodland’) evokes branching, organic imagery that reflects Tzara’s break with the pure nihilism of the Dada era. - In a hand-bound white half-leather binding of white goatskin with a gold-stamped title on the spine and inlaid coloured papers in burgundy and black (probably from the circle of the bookbinder Pierre-Lucien Martin). Highly prized amongst collectors, especially when luxuriously bound as here. - In very good condition.
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