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Lot n° 35

ZAO WOU-KI (1920-2013). PEYRÉ Yves (né 1952)

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L'Évidence de la nuit (Geneva, Éditions Jacques T. Quentin. 1991); in-4 (35 x 27 cm), in sheets, in a flap folder with title, publisher's cloth slipcase. First edition, printed at 90 copies on pure Alcantara rag of the Sicars paper mills (n° 61), signed by the author and the painter 4 original etchings and aquatints on China paper, pasted down, printed at the Atelier Lacourière et Frélaut. Copy in perfect condition, uncut, of this beautiful work : "To the elegance of the black forms, largely inspired by the China inks that the artist abundantly realized at the time, answer the layout and the refined typography of the text". D. de Villepin, Zao Wou-Ki and the poets, 186 - 189; C. Chicha and M. Minssieux-Chamonard, Zao Wou-Ki, prints and illustrated books (p. 141).