CALDER (Alexander). Set of 10 issues of Derrière... Lot 1192

CALDER (Alexander). Set of 10 issues of Derrière Le Miroir devoted to Calder, folio in ff. in covers illustrated by or after the artist: - n°31, [8] pp. including cover illustrated in color by A. Calder, published for the 1st CALDER exhibition at Galerie Maeght in July 1950, presenting 52 mobiles and stabiles. Texts by James Johnson Sweeney, Henri Laugier, Henri Hoppenot and Fernand Léger. 2 original color lithographs. A very good copy, preserved in the publisher's gray card wrapper. - n°113, 28 pp. incl. ill. cover, published in March 1959 for the exhibition of 10 giant stabiles by CALDER at the Galerie Maeght. Texts by Georges Salles "Stabiles" and Jean Davidson "Le Luron aux protège-genoux". 2 original double-page lithographs, 1 in color. A very good copy, preserved in the publisher's gray card wrapper. - n°141, 36 pp. including color cover, published in November 1963 for the exhibition of 6 large stabiles by CALDER at the Galerie Maeght. Texts by James Lord and Michel Ragon. 8 original color lithographs (3 double-page) and 11 black reproductions. Small tears but not missing on spine, cover very slightly faded, otherwise a very good copy preserved in publisher's gray card wrapper. - n°156, 36 pp. including color ill. cover, published for the exhibition of 13 totems and 27 gouaches by CALDER at Galerie Maeght in February 1966. Poem by Jacques Prévert "Oiseleur de feu". Texts by Meyer Schapiro, Alexander Calder and Nicholas Guppy. 2 original color lithographs, 7 color lithographs (3 double-page) and 18 reproductions. - n°173, 28 pp. including color cover, published in October 1968 for the exhibition of 10 arrows by CALDER at Galerie Maeght. Text by Giovanni Carandente "Un géant enfant". 6 original color lithographs including 2 double-page spreads, 2 original black lithographs and 12 black reproductions including 7 double-page spreads. - n°190, 24 (of 28) pp. published in February 1971 for the exhibition of 4 stabiles and 23 animobiles by CALDER at the Galerie Maeght. Text by Carlos Franqui "Calder, la liberté". without pages 5 to 8, but complete with 4 original color lithographs (1 double-page), 1 black lithograph, 3 color reproductions. 14 (of 17) black reproductions including 1 (of 2) double-page spread. With the catalog of the Calder exhibition at the CNAC in Limoges (1974). All in Maeght cardboard envelope. - n°201, 32 pp. including color cover, published in January 1973 for the exhibition of 33 stabiles and mobiles at Galerie Maeght. Texts by Maurice Besset and André Balthazar. 5 original color lithographs (2 double-page) and 8 color reproductions. - n°212, 28 pp. including illustrated cover, published in January 1975 for the CALDER exhibition at Galerie Maeght. Text by Mario Pedrosa "Un tournant de Calder". 6 original color lithographs (3 double-page), 1 original black lithograph and 9 reproductions (3 color and 1 double-page). - n°221, 32 pp. including color ill. cover and [4] pp. "Forme humaine", published for the CALDER exhibition at Galerie Maeght in December 1976. Text by Jean Davidson in tribute to Calder, who died shortly before the exhibition. 7 original color lithographs (3 double-page) and 16 reproductions (10 in color). - n°248, 22 pp. including color cover, published for the CALDER exhibition at the Galerie Maeght in October 1981. 19 reproductions including 9 in color. A very good set.