Léopold Sédar SENGHOR (1906-2001)
The Major Elegies, 1978
Six folio volumes in a slipcase made by Bernard Duval
I: Élégie des Alizés, three original etchings in colors by Hans Hartung on Arches vellum, unsigned, printed by the Crommelynck, Lacourière and Frélaut workshops
II: Élégie pour Jean-Marie, four original lithographs in colors by Zao Wou-Ki on Arches wove paper, unsigned, printed by the Bellini workshop
III: Elegy for Martin Luther King, three original lithographs in colors by Alfred Manessier on Arches wove paper, unsigned, printed by Mourlot
IV: Elegy for Georges Pompidou [empty, only the text]
V: Elegy for Carthage, an original black aquatint by Pierre Soulages on Arches wove paper, unsigned, printed by Lambillotte and 5 culs-de-lampe printed by Fequet-Baudier
VI: Élégie pour la reine de Saba, an original black engraving and 13 cul-de-lampes engraved on linoleum by Étienne Hajdu on Arches wove paper, unsigned, printed by Fequet-Baudier
Éditions Regard, Paris, 1978 of 200 copies
45.5 x 35 x 15 cm (dimensions of the box)
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