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ref. 1311481997. First Edition. Signed. BALTHUS RILKE Rainer Maria Rilke. The Sonnets to Orpheus. New York: Limited Editions Club 1997. Folio 13 by 16-1/2 inches original light and dark tan cloth uncut; housed in original clamshell box. $1800.Signed limited first edition of this illustrated edition of Rilke's most famous work number 208 of only 300 copies signed by the artist Balthus on the limitation page with two multi-colored woodcuts by him.""Rilke may well be the apotheosis of the German language"" Michael Hofmann. The poet composed these two linked cycles of 55 sonnets during his mensis mirabilis February 1922 at the Chteau Muzot in the Rhone valley. The death of ""a friend's innocent intensely vital young daughter"" moved him to write ""and round the symbolical figure of Orpheus mediator between life and death torn in pieces but alive again in the beauty of creation Rilke wove the rich pattern of his contemplationÉ We should associate his optimism in these poems with the great mysticsÉ his humility and simplicity with St. Francis of Assisi and his individualism with Blake"" Alec Randall. According to the publisher Balthus who provided two illustrations for this edition ""was encouraged by Rilke to dedicate his life to the arts. The two illustrations for this edition are a tribute to his childhood friend."" With side by side German and English text translated by Stephen Mitchell. With LEC newsletter laid in.Fine condition. hardcover
ref. 1311481997. First Edition. Signed. BALTHUS RILKE Rainer Maria Rilke. The Sonnets to Orpheus. New York: Limited Editions Club 1997. Folio 13 by 16-1/2 inches original light and dark tan cloth uncut; housed in original clamshell box. $1800.Signed limited first edition of this illustrated edition of Rilke's most famous work number 208 of only 300 copies signed by the artist Balthus on the limitation page with two multi-colored woodcuts by him.""Rilke may well be the apotheosis of the German language"" Michael Hofmann. The poet composed these two linked cycles of 55 sonnets during his mensis mirabilis February 1922 at the Chteau Muzot in the Rhone valley. The death of ""a friend's innocent intensely vital young daughter"" moved him to write ""and round the symbolical figure of Orpheus mediator between life and death torn in pieces but alive again in the beauty of creation Rilke wove the rich pattern of his contemplationÉ We should associate his optimism in these poems with the great mysticsÉ his humility and simplicity with St. Francis of Assisi and his individualism with Blake"" Alec Randall. According to the publisher Balthus who provided two illustrations for this edition ""was encouraged by Rilke to dedicate his life to the arts. The two illustrations for this edition are a tribute to his childhood friend."" With side by side German and English text translated by Stephen Mitchell. With LEC newsletter laid in.Fine condition. hardcover books
2002ref. 82724Harry N. Abrams. New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 160 pp. 116 illus. 108 in color 4to. -- with a bonus offer--; "A profoundly sensual painter both in his handling of paint and in his subject matter. What's . . . magnificent here is the artist's sense of eroticism and immense talent." —Booklist With the death of Balthus in February 2001 the world lost one of the great painters of the 20th century. This book published in hardcover in 1996 to critical acclaim offers the widest selection available in print of Balthus's work. The author Balthus's son contributes a new introduction to this expanded paperback edition which features two additional works: Balthus's last painting The Waiting and the controversial Guitar Lesson of 1934. A unique collection of rare personal photographs including images by the famed photographer Henri Cartier- Bresson completes this tribute to one of the great artists of recent times. . 2002. 0810921197 . Harry N. Abrams paperback
2016ref. 118854Gallery Et Al. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened - -- with a bonus offer-- . 2016. 0847849112 . Gallery Et Al hardcover
ref. 1311111994. Signed. BALTHUS Balthazar Klossowski de Rola PAZ Octavio. Sight and Touch. New York: Limited Editions Club 1994. Large folio 22-1/2 by 24 inches publisher's tan cloth with tan morocco spine publisher's matching slipcase. $2500.Limited edition number 127 of only 300 copies of Mexican poet Octavio PazÕs poem ÒSight and TouchÓ illustrated with multicolor woodcuts executed by the great Franco-Polish artist Balthus signed on the limitation page by both of them.Nobel laureate Octavio Paz whose work the Swedish Academy has said ""seems to incorporate interpret and reconstrue major existential questions"" dedicated his poem Sight and Touch to Balthus one of the great figurative artists of the 20th century. Balthus reciprocated with three illustrations after Paz's poem exclusively for the Limited Editions Club. The subjects are a female nude a still life and a landscape. The woodcuts have been printed in color and on handmade Kozo Uwazen paper from Japan. With LEC newsletter laid in.Book fine one small mark to publisher's clamshell box. hardcover
ref. 1311111994. Signed. BALTHUS Balthazar Klossowski de Rola PAZ Octavio. Sight and Touch. New York: Limited Editions Club 1994. Large folio 22-1/2 by 24 inches publisher's tan cloth with tan morocco spine publisher's matching slipcase. $2500.Limited edition number 127 of only 300 copies of Mexican poet Octavio PazÕs poem ÒSight and TouchÓ illustrated with multicolor woodcuts executed by the great Franco-Polish artist Balthus signed on the limitation page by both of them.Nobel laureate Octavio Paz whose work the Swedish Academy has said ""seems to incorporate interpret and reconstrue major existential questions"" dedicated his poem Sight and Touch to Balthus one of the great figurative artists of the 20th century. Balthus reciprocated with three illustrations after Paz's poem exclusively for the Limited Editions Club. The subjects are a female nude a still life and a landscape. The woodcuts have been printed in color and on handmade Kozo Uwazen paper from Japan. With LEC newsletter laid in.Book fine one small mark to publisher's clamshell box. hardcover books
ref. 1311261993. Signed. BALTHUS BRONTè Emily. Wuthering Heights. New York: Limited Editions Club 1993. Folio 13 by 17 inches original full gray-green morocco uncut. Housed in original cloth clamshell box. $4500.Stunning illustrated edition of Emily Bront's classic Gothic romance number 185 of 300 copies signed by Balthus on the colophon with 15 lithographic plates after Balthus' famous series of drawings.As a youth the Paris-born Polish painter Balthus visited the Yorkshire moors the setting of Bront's torrid novel; in 1933 he executed a series of drawings in which he identified himself with Heathcliff. It was 60 years before the painter agreed to present the drawings for the first time in their destined context. Fifteen lithographs after the drawings are here printed on fine Japanese paper and mounted on Arches paper. The paper bears the armorial watermark of the Balthus family. The text is set in 13-point Dante type a typeface originally cut in 1954 by the Officina Bodoni in Verona Italy. Fine condition. hardcover
ref. 1311261993. Signed. BALTHUS BRONTè Emily. Wuthering Heights. New York: Limited Editions Club 1993. Folio 13 by 17 inches original full gray-green morocco uncut. Housed in original cloth clamshell box. $4500.Stunning illustrated edition of Emily Bront's classic Gothic romance number 185 of 300 copies signed by Balthus on the colophon with 15 lithographic plates after Balthus' famous series of drawings.As a youth the Paris-born Polish painter Balthus visited the Yorkshire moors the setting of Bront's torrid novel; in 1933 he executed a series of drawings in which he identified himself with Heathcliff. It was 60 years before the painter agreed to present the drawings for the first time in their destined context. Fifteen lithographs after the drawings are here printed on fine Japanese paper and mounted on Arches paper. The paper bears the armorial watermark of the Balthus family. The text is set in 13-point Dante type a typeface originally cut in 1954 by the Officina Bodoni in Verona Italy. Fine condition. hardcover books
