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DERAIN. [RABELAIS (François)].
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DERAIN. [RABELAIS (François)].
Les horribles et espovantables faictz et prouesses du très renommé Pantagruel... Paris, Skira, [1943-1945]. In-4, leaves in publisher's cover, folder and slipcase (spine of folder worn).
Edition illustrated with 179 colored woodcuts drawn and engraved by painter André Derain (1880-1954): 21 full-page and 122 in the text, including culs-de-lampe and 34 lettrines.
This is undoubtedly the finest book illustrated by the artist, and one of the most remarkable illustrated books of the 20th century. The original iconography draws on 16th-century imagery, from which it borrows both compositional codes and coloring techniques. It took over three years to apply the tints by hand to each woodblock, and each copy of the book features slight variations that distinguish it from the others.
Limited edition of 275 copies on Arches vellum: one of the top 15 on Madagascar, containing a suite of colored woodcuts on Madagascar, a suite of rejected woodcuts, and a signed original drawing. Signed by the painter at the justification. (Chapon, Le peintre et le livre, p.155-156).
Les horribles et espovantables faictz et prouesses du très renommé Pantagruel... Paris, Skira, [1943-1945]. In-4, leaves in publisher's cover, folder and slipcase (spine of folder worn).
Edition illustrated with 179 colored woodcuts drawn and engraved by painter André Derain (1880-1954): 21 full-page and 122 in the text, including culs-de-lampe and 34 lettrines.
This is undoubtedly the finest book illustrated by the artist, and one of the most remarkable illustrated books of the 20th century. The original iconography draws on 16th-century imagery, from which it borrows both compositional codes and coloring techniques. It took over three years to apply the tints by hand to each woodblock, and each copy of the book features slight variations that distinguish it from the others.
Limited edition of 275 copies on Arches vellum: one of the top 15 on Madagascar, containing a suite of colored woodcuts on Madagascar, a suite of rejected woodcuts, and a signed original drawing. Signed by the painter at the justification. (Chapon, Le peintre et le livre, p.155-156).