270 - Jean Arp. *Vers le blanc infini*. Lausanne and Paris: La rose des vents, 1960. With eight full-page etchings. Loose double-page spreads in the original half-parchment slipcase with a gold-lettered title on the spine and a gold-embossed vignette on the cover. In the original slipcase.

Jean Arp. *Vers le blanc infini*. Lausanne and Paris: La rose des vents, 1960. With eight full-page etchings. Loose double-page spreads in the original half-parchment slipcase with a gold-lettered title on the spine and a gold-embossed vignette on the cover. In the original slipcase. Auction start time: approx. 3:30 p.m. (schedule subject to change) One of 100 Roman-numbered special edition copies on Richard-de-Bas vellum (total print run: 600) and including the very rare supplementary set of all etchings with gray overprints. — Signed by the artist in the colophon. - Arp’s original plan to overprint the etchings with color woodcuts was never realized. The large-format etchings have a beautiful flat tone and are therefore much more nuanced in their “color effect” than other Arp prints. Arntz 405–412, each a and d. - Arp-Hagenbach 365. - LC 2001 138. - Monod 525. - A&B 14 38.5 × 29.3 cm. [56] pages, 8 etchings (suite). - Slipcase slightly stained and somewhat chipped. - Parchment on the spine of the slipcase brittle and faded. - The cover and the uncut side margins of the sheets show some foxing. English description: With eight full-sheet etchings. Loose double-leaves in an original half-parchment chemise with a gilt title on the spine and a gold-embossed vignette on the cover. In the original slipcase. One of 100 Roman-numbered special edition copies on Richard-de-Bas vellum (total print run of 600) and including the very rare extra suite of all etchings with gray overprints. - Signed by the artist in the colophon. - Arp’s original plan to overprint the etchings with color woodcuts was never realized. The large-format etchings feature a beautiful plate tone and are thus much more nuanced in their “color effect” than other Arp prints. - “Jean Arp’s later work is characterized by a simple yet sensuous reduction of form. The sixteen [sic!] etchings that Arp created to illustrate his own poetry retain the playfulness of his early Dada work but also an undercurrent of mystery that is characteristic of his Surrealist imagery. The idiosyncratic wiped plate tone on the prints and the use of gray as a second color in six of the works is highly effective.” (Robert Flynn Johnson, in: LC) The slipcase is slightly stained and has some chips. - The parchment on the spine is brittle and faded. - The cover and the untrimmed edges of the pages on the sides show some foxing.