Sicard

Best.-Nr. 23692 — Paris: Robert & Lydie Dutrou 1991. Folio. 15 3/8 x 10 1/2 inches. Half-title and title in red text in French and Danish printed in black with headings in red and black. 7 colored plates by Alechinsky each an "eau-forte originale sur facsimile de Flora Danica" each numbered and signed in pencil by Alechinsky. Unbound as issued in original limp paper wrappers the upper cover with etched calligraphic decorated title printed in red and silver Plexiglas slipcase. A fine copy with seven signed Alechinsky prints book signed by Sicard numbered 7 of 125 copies for sale by the publishers out of a total edition of 165. Alechinsky's excellent images reminiscent of Max Ernst's work provide a fresh view of some of the more esoteric images from Flora Danica. The literary and artistic equivalent of cloud-imagined figures and landscapes Alechinsky offers a sophisticated view which complements Sicard's poems to his daughter. Translation of the colophon: "Flore Danoise a poem by Michel Sicard - dedicated to his daughter Flora - and the Danish translation by Uffe Harder are both set by hand in 20 point Garamond type. The seven original etchings by Pierre Alechinsky are printed on facsimiles of plates from the 18th-century botanical work: Flora Danica." Alechinsky is a Belgian abstract artist who has lived in France since 1951. With Karel Appel and Asger Jorn he was a member of the art collective COBRA. He was a professor of painting at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts Paris. Alechinsky's art is represented in major institutional collections. Sicard is a French poet who teaches at Université de Paris I. Robert & Lydie Dutrou unknown books