440 - Gunnar Kaldewey - Stéphane Mallarmé. L’Azur. New York, Poestenkill 2015. Includes six double-page metal engravings based on ink drawings by Gunnar A. Kaldewey. Original blue silk binding with silver embossing (signed: Thomas Zwang, Hamburg). In a slipcase and dust jacket.

Gunnar Kaldewey - Stéphane Mallarmé. L’Azur. New York, Poestenkill 2015. Includes six double-page metal engravings based on ink drawings by Gunnar A. Kaldewey. Original blue silk binding with silver embossing (signed: Thomas Zwang, Hamburg). In a slipcase and dust jacket. Call time: approx. 5:23 p.m. (schedule subject to change) Kaldewey Press 82. - One of ten deluxe copies in a silk binding, with two signed and numbered watercolors that were glued together at the fold and mounted together on a single page (total print run: 45). - Signed by the artist in the colophon. - Mallarmé wrote the poem in 1864 following a trip to the Mediterranean as a departure from traditional forms of rhymed verse. It is considered a milestone in modern poetry, was influenced by E. A. Poe, and has been translated into many languages. Cat. Bennington, p. 34 39.7 × 29.0 cm. [40] pages, 2 watercolors. - Spine of the chemise faded. English description: With six double-page metal engravings based on ink drawings by Gunnar A. Kaldewey. Blue silk binding with silver embossing (signed: Thomas Zwang, Hamburg). In a chemise and slipcase. Kaldewey Press 82. - One of ten deluxe copies in silk binding, with two signed and numbered watercolors that were glued together along the endpaper and mounted together on a single page (total edition of 45). - Signed by the artist in the colophon. - “This important poem was written by Mallarmé after a visit to the Mediterranean in 1864 as a break from the traditional forms of rhymed verse. It is a milestone in modern poetry, influenced by E.A. Poe and translated into many languages. The large inkjet drawings were created in the south of France and Paris.” (Cat. Bennington, p. 34). Spine of the slipcase faded.