Hans/Jean ARP. VERS LE BLANC INFINI. Lausanne et Paris, La Rose des vents, 1960.
Un volume in-folio (37,5 x 27,5 cm), en feuilles, chemise à dos de parchemin et premier plat orné d'une rose des vents dorée, étui (emboitage de l'éditeur).
8 POÈMES DE JEAN (Hans) ARP ILLUSTRÉS PAR LUI-MÊME DE 8 EAUX-FORTES ORIGINALES HORS-TEXTE.
Édition originale.
Tirage : 510 exemplaires : 1 ex. unique sur Japon + 100 vélin Richard de Bas + 499 sur vélin de Rives.
Celui-ci n° 192 signé au crayon par l'artiste.
Magnifique exemple de l'art épuré de Jean/Hans Arp dans la dernière période de son œuvre, en train d'être redécouverte.
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Hans/Jean ARP. VERS LE BLANC INFINI( Towards the infinite white). Lausanne , Paris, La Rose des vents, 1960.
A folio volume (37.5 x 27.5 cm), in loose sheets, parchment-backed folder and first cover decorated with a golden compass rose, slipcase (publisher's slipcase).
8 POEMS BY JEAN (Hans) ARP ILLUSTRATED BY HIMSELF WITH 8 ORIGINAL OUT-OF-TEXT ETCHINGS.
Original first edition, first printing.
Edition: 510 copies: 1 ex. unique on Japan + 100 Richard de Bas vellum + 499 on Rives vellum.
This one n° 192 signed in pencil by the artist.
Magnificent example of the refined art of Jean/Hans Arp in the last period of his work, in the process of being rediscovered.
“Toward the end of his life Arp published two livres d’artiste, Vers le blanc infini and Le Soleil recerclé ; the great care that
was taken in the publication of the two books, including in their typography and engraving, seems to invalidate Arp’s
claim that his creations were highly spontaneous and that he disregarded esthetics” (Renee Riese Hubert).
(Hubert, Surrealism and the Book, p. 85.- Arntz, Hans Arp Graphische Werk, 1912-1966, nº 405-412.- Garvey & Wick,
The Arts of the French Book, 1900-1965, Dallas, 1967, nº 56 : “Vers le Blanc Infini is an example of the full integration of
design and content possible in a book written and illustrated by the same artist.”- Johnson, Artists’ Books in the Modern Era
1870-2000, nº 138 : “The eight etchings that Arp created to illustrate his own poetry retain the playfulness of his early
Dada work but also an undercurrent of mystery that is characteristic of his surrealist imagery.”).
Bibliographie : Arntz, 405-412 ; Hagenbach, A365.
