A. Beaudin: Sculptures 1930-1963 by Lescure, Jean - 1963

Paris, France: Galerie Louise Leiris, 1963. First Edition. Near Fine. Square 16mo 6" - 7" tall. A. Beaudin. Good-looking, structurally sound, colorfully illustrated artist gallery catalog of paintings, drawings and objets d'art by A. Beaudin. Bound in stiff, thread-stitched wrappers with tri-color. Galerie Louise Leiris in a sense overcame Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler in the support of and selling of the art works produced by influential artists of the 1940s, including Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dali, Y. Rouvre and E. Hadengue, Fernand Leger and Elie Lascaux. Nearly square softcover format, measuring 6 1/2" tall by 6 3/4" wide, respectively. "Ce catalogue (no 17 - Serie A) a ete acheve d'imprimer sur les presses des Maitres-Imprimeurs Draeger Freres, le 12 Novembre, 1963." List of distributors inside front flap, introductory essay by Jean Lescure, then 29 illustrations in black-and-white, printed on high-gloss paper. Exhibit check-list at rear. Text in… Read More

Paris, France: Galerie Louise Leiris, 1963. First Edition. Very Good. Square 16mo 6" - 7" tall. A. Beaudin. Nice-looking, structurally sound condition softcover copy of an artist exhibit catalog, an extremely rare catalog at that, following from the 17 Mai -17 Juin 1961 show in Paris, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the glossy illustrated wraps, in gate-fold. Louise Leiris Gallery displayed and sold fine art works from leading artists of the 1940s and 1950s all the way into the 1980s. Nearly square softcover format, measuring 6 1/2" tall by 6 3/4" wide, respectively. "Ce catalogue (no 17 - Serie A) a ete acheve d'imprimer sur les presses des Maitres-Imprimeurs Draeger Freres, le 12 Novembre, 1963." List of distributors inside front flap, introductory essay by Jean Lescure, then 29 illustrations in mostly black-and-white, many more in duotone and a few being in color, printed on high-gloss… Read More