STAËL (Nicolas de) - LECUIRE (Pierre). - Lot 271

STAËL (Nicolas de) - LECUIRE (Pierre). See Nicolas de Staël. Paris: [Pierre Lecuire], 1953. -In-8, 252x165: (3 blank ff.), 102 pp, (4 ff.), illustrated cover. In sheets, filled cover. First edition of Pierre Lecuire's first book, born of the poet's collaboration with Nicolas de STAËL (1914-1955), who composed a large color lithograph for the cover and two original full-page burins. According to the publication leaflet attached to the copy: "The 'proses' in this work [constituted] the most important text written to date on Nicolas de Staël's painting". Edition of 210 copies signed by the author at the justification, this being one of 190 on Arches vellum. A perfectly preserved copy.