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316 - Joan Miró. Joan Miró. Without the sun, despite the other stars, it would be night. Heraclitus of Ephesus. Paris, Adrien Maeght 1965. With nine color etchings with aquatint and one monochrome etching as the title vignette. With 13 double-page spreads loose in the original envelope featuring a color etching on the cover. In the original red silk slipcase with the 12th etching on the front cover. In the original brown silk case.

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€2,000

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€2,000 - 3,000

Sale fees

32%

Joan Miró. Joan Miró. Without the sun, despite the other stars, it would be night. Heraclitus of Ephesus. Paris, Adrien Maeght 1965. With nine color etchings with aquatint and one monochrome etching as the title vignette. With 13 double-page spreads loose in the original envelope featuring a color etching on the cover. In the original red silk slipcase with the 12th etching on the front cover. In the original brown silk case. Auction start time: approx. 4:00 p.m. (Schedule subject to change) One of 50 copies (total edition of 75). - Print mark signed by the artist. - On Auvergne Richard-de-Bas handmade paper. - More of a print series than an artist’s book: The edition contains a title page with the etched vignette, Heraclitus’s motto, nine double-page spreads without text, each featuring an inset etching of slightly smaller format, the colophon and the “Achevé d’imprimer,” as well as two blank double-page spreads. - Very rare and in excellent condition. Cramer 98. - Dupin 398–409 33.4 × 26.5 cm. [44] pages, 9 etchings. - Corners of the slipcase lid show minimal wear. English description: Includes nine color etchings with aquatint and one monochrome etching as the title vignette. Consists of 13 double-page sheets, loose in the original wrapper with a color etching on the cover. In the original red silk chemise with the 12th etching on the front cover. In the original brown silk case. One of 50 copies (total edition of 75). - Colophon signed by the artist. - Printed on Auvergne Richard-de-Bas handmade paper. - More of a print series than an artist’s book: The edition contains a title page with the etched vignette, Heraclitus’s motto, nine double-page spreads without text—each featuring an inserted etching of slightly smaller format—the colophon and the “Achevé d’imprimer,” as well as two blank double-leaves. - Extremely rare and in excellent condition. The corners of the slipcase cover are slightly flattened.

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Auction details

Auction 34: Art & Books - Special Catalog: 20th-Century Artist's Books / Renker Collection, Part 2
Saturday, November 21
12:00 PM
86 A Osterbekstraße
22083 Hamburg, Germany

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Christian Hesse Auktionen +49 4 06 94 54 247 mail@hesse-auktionen.de
On Drouot for 4 years avec More than 1,000 lots published

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