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216 - Ubac. Paris, Maeght (Derrière le Miroir), 1961. Large quarto, loose-leaf, illustrated cover, publisher’s slipcase bearing the title *Ardoises taillées*.
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Ubac. Paris, Maeght (Derrière le Miroir), 1961. Large quarto, loose-leaf, illustrated cover, publisher’s slipcase bearing the title *Ardoises taillées*. Special issue of the journal *Derrière le Miroir* dedicated to the painter Raoul Ubac. With contributions by Francis Ponge (“L’Ardoise”) and Pierre Volboudt (“Stèles”). The illustrations include three original color lithographs by Ubac: two on the cover and one spread across two pages. One of 150 copies printed on Rives vellum, signed by the painter (this copy is unnumbered), the only one on large-format paper. A unique copy presented to the painter Jean Bazaine and enhanced with two large, original full-page drawings, signed and dated June 6, 1962, with the inscription “For Catherine and Jean, Affectionately, R. Ubac.” An abstract painter and a leading figure of the New School of Paris, Jean Bazaine was a close friend of Raoul Ubac. His wife, Catherine de Seynes (1930–2012), was a committed actress and theater director. The letter to the Bazaines is dated June 29.
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