34 - Portfolios and Graphic Anthologies - [Rogelio Lacourière, *Pêcheur de cuivre*. 13 etchings, three of which are in color. 1968. 23 × 29 cm. On 13 folded double sheets. — Working copy from the Lacourière studio.

Portfolios and Graphic Anthologies - [Rogelio Lacourière, *Pêcheur de cuivre*. 13 etchings, three of which are in color. 1968. 23 × 29 cm. On 13 folded double sheets. — Working copy from the Lacourière studio. Auction start time: approx. 12:19 p.m. (schedule subject to change) All on “vieux Japon” paper, as are 65 copies of the later edition. - One double sheet bearing the hand-signed signatures of the nine artists still living at the time (Beaudin, Bryen, Dunoyer de Segonzac, Max Ernst, Magnelli, Masson, Miró, Picasso, Survage) and a typographic signature of the four who had already passed away (Derain, Giacometti, Marcoussis, and Pascin). - Complete set of proofs of all thirteen illustrations in the book, acquired from the Lacourière studio. - This magnificent tribute to the printer Roger Lacourière, who died in 1966, included the following etchings (* in color) by André Beaudin (*), Camille Bryen, André Derain, André Dunoyer de Segonzac, Max Ernst (*), Alberto Giacometti, Alberto Magnelli, Louis Marcoussis, André Masson, Joan Miró (*), Julius Pascin, Pablo Picasso, and Léopold Survage. Each etching is on a double sheet, with the page number and the artist’s name on the left (verso) and the etching on the right (recto). - When the book was finally published in 1968, it contained eight additional double-page spreads with texts, of which two more (8 and 11) are present here: Page 6: Picasso’s etched text. - Sheets 8, 11, 13, 16, 18, and 21: Iliazd’s typographic text. - Sheet 23: Printing note. - The book was commissioned by the Cabinet des Estampes of the Bibliothèque Nationale as a tribute to the printer Roger Lacourière, who died in 1966. The print shop he opened in 1929 was the most famous of its time. Lacourière worked for the greatest artists of the century. Picasso became his client in 1932; in 1958, Lacourière’s colleague Jacques Frélaut set up a workshop in the basement of Picasso’s “La Californie.” Iliazd and the Illustrated Book, MoMA New York 1987, pp. 72–73. - Monod 6251. - Chapon, p. 296. - Picasso: Cramer 141, Bloch 1243. - Miró: Cramer 120, Dupin 456. - Ernst: Spies/Leppien 123 23.0 × 29.0 cm. [64] pages. - 5 leaves have minimal foxing on the untrimmed margins, one of which also has small ink spots. The left-hand signature page has a small tear in the corner.