343 - Alexander Calder - Jacques Prévert. Fêtes. Paris, Maeght Éditeur 1971. With seven full-sheet color aquatint etchings. Loose double sheets in an illustrated original slipcase and original linen case.

Alexander Calder - Jacques Prévert. Fêtes. Paris, Maeght Éditeur 1971. With seven full-sheet color aquatint etchings. Loose double sheets in an illustrated original slipcase and original linen case. Auction time: approx. 4:18 p.m. (Schedule subject to change) One of 25 special edition copies on handmade Auvergne paper from Moulin Richard-de-Bas (total print run: 225). - Signed by the author and artist in the colophon. - “This magnificent volume, with its vivid, deeply etched aquatint plates, is reminiscent of the bold, colorful pochoir illustrations by Henri Matisse in his 1947 publication *Jazz*” (Robert Flynn Johnson, in: LC). - The etchings were printed by Adrien Maeght; the text by Fequet et Baudier, both of Paris. - Enclosed: New Year’s card for 1968 by Aimé Maeght with a color embossed print by Alexander Calder. LC 2001 152. - Monod 9290 46.0 : 34.0 cm. 39, [9] pages. - Spine of the slipcase faded. - Very few small foxing spots here and there. English description: With seven full-page color aquatint etchings. Loose double sheets in an illustrated original wrapper, housed together in a cloth case. One of 25 copies on handmade Auvergne paper from Moulin Richard-de-Bas (total edition of 225). - Signed by the author and artist in the colophon. - The etchings were printed by Adrien Maeght, and the text by Fequet et Baudier, both in Paris. - Included: A 1968 New Year’s card by Aimé Maeght featuring a color embossed print by Alexander Calder. - “Alexander Calder produced relatively few artist’s books. This sumptuous volume, with its vibrant, deeply etched aquatint plates, recalls the bold, colorful pochoir illustrations of Henri Matisse in his 1947 publication, *Jazz*” (Robert Flynn Johnson, in: LC) Spine of the slipcase faded. - A few tiny foxing spots here and there.