painting of a colorful landscape with a mountain in the backgrounda red book sitting on top of a table next to a black backgrounda close up of a piece of paper with writing on ita painting of a man carrying a woman on a carta drawing of a woman standing in front of a housea picture of a picture of a painting in a red boxa painting on the wall of a room with a picture of a mountain
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253 - [AMBROGIANI] GIONO [Jean] – LE HAUT PAYS.
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Estimate €400 - €600
Description
[AMBROGIANI] GIONO [Jean] – LE HAUT PAYS. Paris, Éditions d’Art Les Heures Claires, 1965. Folio (approx. 38×29 cm). Loose sheets, with publisher’s cover, slipcase and red cloth box, with title on spine. First edition, illustrated with 18 original colour lithographs by Pierre AMBROGIANI, several of which are double-page spreads, printed by the Ballon and Détruit-Trotignon workshops; text set in ‘Médiæval Hollandais’, printed by Pierre Bouchet. Limited edition of 300 numbered copies. This is the ‘copy reserved for the Artist’, on pearlescent Japanese paper, with a colophon signed by Pierre Ambrogiani, enriched with a set of lithographs on Arches vellum (12 plates) and a set on satin (12 plates), and an original felt-tip pen drawing by Pierre Ambrogiani with a signed autograph dedication. Included: a portfolio of 5 lithographs by Ambrogiani on satin (approx. 38x56cm). Good condition. Box slightly faded; portfolio stained (water damage).
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Auction time 10/05/2026 at 10:30 AM
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