Derrière le Miroir
Aimé Maeght (ed.): Derrière Le Miroir. Paris: Maeght Editeur 1946–1982. Issue #1 to #253 (in 200 issues). Complete run. 4to. (38×28 cm.). With articles and illustrations (mainly original colour lithographs) by the gallery's artists. A few issues are 2nd editions. All in orig. lithographed wrappers. First part of the collection housed in 12 orig. portfolios with a printed cover designed by Miró.
Derrière Le Miroir (“Behind the Mirror”) ran from 1946 to 1982, featuring prints by the era’s most celebrated modernist artists, incl. Calder, Braque, Bacon, Miró, Picasso, Steinberg, Tàpies, Chagall, Chillida, Ubac, Giacometti, together with retrospectives of Kandinsky.
Literature: Adrien Maeght: Derrière Le Miroir. Paris 1983, p. 120.
Provenance: The private book collection of Hans and Bente Weinberger.
Eight of the early issues by minor artists are second editions: no. 1, 3, 5, 13, 18, 19, 23 and 24. A few issues with minor signs of wear.
Paintings, sculptures and prints, 9 June 2021