MATZEN (Raymond) - KUVEN (Robert). - Lot 45

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MATZEN (Raymond) - KUVEN (Robert). - Lot 45
MATZEN (Raymond) - KUVEN (Robert). Lithographs from Alsace. Poetic meditations by an Alsatian watercolorist. Sheaves of local poetry. Strasbourg: Société Alsacienne d'Édition et de Diffusion d'Art, [1977]. - In-4 : 380 x 280 : (4 ff. first 2 blank), 125 pp. (5 ff. last blank), 12 plates, printed cover. Edition of 152 copies plus a few copies hors commerce, illustrated with 32 compositions by Alsatian painter, watercolorist and illustrator Robert KUVEN (1901-1983), including 22 monochrome culs-de-lampe and 12 signed original color lithographs of Alsatian landscapes. One of the rare copies hors commerce, this one on Arches vellum, from the collection of Pierre-Jean Mathan, who printed the book's text. It has been enriched with the following items: - Double suite of 22 culs-de-lampe on Arches vellum, - LAS from Raymond Matzen, one par in-8 oblong, dated Strasbourg June 1, 1977, indicating that he is sending the end of the foreword, - Autograph manuscript signed by Raymond Matzen, one page in-4, of the end of the foreword, - original pencil drawings on transparent paper, to be reproduced, as well as 18 culs-de-lampe. A very well preserved copy. Provenance: Jean Mathan collection.
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