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313 - Joan Miró. A Few Flowers for Friends. With a Glimpse of the Garden by Eugène Ionesco. Paris, Société Internationale d’Art XXe Siècle, 1964. Includes two color lithographs by Joan Miró—one signed as a frontispiece, the other a double-page spread on the cover. Features 32 color plates based on drawings. Loose double-page spreads and plates in original envelope and original slipcase.
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Joan Miró. A Few Flowers for Friends. With a Glimpse of the Garden by Eugène Ionesco. Paris, Société Internationale d’Art XXe Siècle, 1964. Includes two color lithographs by Joan Miró—one signed as a frontispiece, the other a double-page spread on the cover. Features 32 color plates based on drawings. Loose double-page spreads and plates in original envelope and original slipcase. Call time: approx. 3:58 p.m. (schedule subject to change) One of 150 copies on Grand Vélin des Rives and Vélin d’Arches (total print run 283). - In addition to Ionesco’s introductory text, this edition contains reproductions of the 32 watercolors with which Miró dedicated 32 artist’s copies of his book *Je travaille comme un jardinier* (see Cat. No. 311) to friends. Recipients included Joan Gardy and Joseph Llorens Artigas, Heinz Berggruen, Louis Broder, Jacques Dupin, Max Ernst, Eugène Ionesco, Nina Kandinsky, Jacques Lassaigne, Aimé Maeght, Pierre Matisse, Ida Chagall, Fernand Mourlot, and others. Cramer 92. - Mourlot 338–339. - Monod 8222 42.0 × 32.5 cm. 14, [6] pages, 32 plates, 32 double-page spreads. - The box hinge is slightly cracked. - The text pages and facsimiles have foxing, while the two original lithographs are flawless. English description: Includes two color lithographs by Joan Miró, one signed as a frontispiece, the other a double-page spread on the cover. Includes 32 color plates based on drawings. Loose double-leaves and plates in original wrapper and original case. One of 150 copies printed on Grand Vélin des Rives and Vélin d’Arches (total print run 283). - In addition to the introductory text by Ionesco, this edition contains reproductions of the 32 watercolors with which Miró dedicated 32 artist’s copies of his book *Je travaille comme un jardinier* (see Lot 311) to friends. Recipients included Joan Gardy and Joseph Llorens Artigas, Heinz Berggruen, Louis Broder, Jacques Dupin, Max Ernst, Eugène Ionesco, Nina Kandinsky, Jacques Lassaigne, Aimé Maeght, Pierre Matisse, Ida Chagall, Fernand Mourlot, and others. The joint of the case is slightly chipped. - The text pages and facsimiles are foxed; both original lithographs are in immaculate condition.
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