257 - ROHOU, Guy, and PROSZYNSKA, Annie. *Les Marionnettes siliciennes*. 15 etchings by Proszynska.

ROHOU, Guy, and PROSZYNSKA, Annie. *Les Marionnettes siliciennes*. 15 etchings by Proszynska. First edition, illustrated with 13 powerful etchings, drypoint prints, and carborundum prints. A very fine copy including a separate suite on Rives BFK paper. Paris, Published at the artist’s expense, 1974. In-4 (240 x 340 mm), loose-leaf, white board cover illustrated with an embossed design by the artist, slipcase in full Sienna-colored moiré cloth, matching case. 7 accordion-folded sheets, 13 etchings including a frontispiece and 3 spread across two pages. Minor soiling on the slipcase; rare and very slight foxing. First edition of this poetic evocation of Sicilian folk theater by novelist and poet Guy Rohou (1931–2018), illustrated with 13 original engravings by Annie Proszynska (1924–2008), who brings her mastery of etching, drypoint, and carborundum to bear in a vivid graphic composition. Limited edition of 105 copies on Rives BFK paper, numbered and signed by Guy Rohou and Annie Proszynska in the colophon; this copy is one of 25 (No. 23) featuring a separate suite of the 13 compositions on Rives BFK paper, each numbered XXIII and signed by the artist. In excellent condition.