[REVIEW]. - Lot 274

[REVIEW]. Derrière le miroir. Paris : Pierre à feu, Maeght, [1946]-1982. - 240 issues in 194 folio fascicles, in sheets. Important collection of 240 issues of the famous artistic and literary magazine Derrière le miroir, founded by art dealer André Maeght in 1946 and published until 1982. Dedicated solely to artists exhibited by the Maeght gallery, it includes several hundred original lithographs by the greatest artists of the period. The present set includes 240 of the 253 issues published, i.e. 194 of the 200 brochures, from issue no. 1 of December 1946 to issue no. 253 and last of November 1982. Missing from this set are single issues 51 and 52, double issue 44/45, and triple issues 57/58/59, 66/67/68 ("Paris fantastique") and 144/145/146. Authors include Georges Limbour, Yves Bonnefoy, Jean Bazaine, Marcel Brion, Pierre Reverdy, Michel Leiris, René Char, Paul Éluard, André Frénaud, André du Bouchet, Raymond Queneau, Jacques Prévert, Pierre Berès, André Breton, Jean Paulhan and others. Artists represented include Pierre ALECHINSKY (no. 32, 247), ARIAS (no. 150), Jean ARP (no. 20/21), Josep Llorens i ARTIGAS (no. 87/88/89, 181), Francis BACON (no. 162), BAYA (no. 6), Jean BAZAINE (no. 23, 36/37/38, 55/56, 92/93, 96/97, 117, 119, 170, 197, 215), Etienne BEOTHY (no. 10), Georges BRAQUE (n° 4, 25/26, 36/37/38, 48/49, 71/72, 85/86, 115, 117, 119, 121/122, 135/136, 138, 148, 166), Alexander CALDER (n° 31, 69/70, 113, 121/122, 141, 156, 173, 190, 201, 212, 221, 248), Marc CHAGALL (n° 27/28, 36/37/38, 92/93, 99/100, 107/108/109, 119, 132, 147, 148, 182, 198, 225, 235, 246), Roger CHASTEL (n° 17), Eduardo CHILLIDA (n° 90/91, 119, 124, 143, 174, 183, 204, 242), André DERAIN (n° 94/95, 111), François FIEDLER (n° 116, 119, 121/122, 129, 167, 211), GEER VAN VELDE (n° 1, 11/12), GERMAIN (n° 41), Alberto GIACOMETTI (n° 39/40, 65, 92/93, 98, 107/108/109, 112, 117, 119, 127, 148, 233), Morris HIRSHFIELD (n° 35), Hans HOFMANN (n° 16), Wassili KANDINSKY (n° 42, 60/61, 77/78, 101/102/103, 118, 119, 133/134, 154, 179), Elsworth KELLY (n° 41, 110, 149), Zoltan KEMENY (n° 172), KIENHOLZ (n° 236), KLAPHECK (n° 238), Wilfredo LAM (n° 52), Fernand LÉGER (n° 20/21, 36/37/38, 79/80/81, 119, 121/122), LE YAOUANC (n° 176, 189), André MARCHAND (n° 2), MATIEU (n° 150), Henri MATISSE (N° 36/37/38, 46), Joan MIRÓ (n° 14/15, 29/30, 36/37/38, 87/88/89, 92/93, 107/108/109, 117, 119, 121/122, 123, 125/126, 128, 139/140, 148, 151/152, 155, 164/165, 169, 186, 193/194, 203, 231), Jacques MONORY (n° 217, 227, 244), NOGUCHI (n° 245), Pablo PALAZUELO (n° 41, 50, 73, 104, 119, 137, 184, 229), Pierre PALLUT (n° 9, 41), Jean PEYRRISSAC (n° 8), Paul REBEYROLLE (n° 163, 177, 187, 202, 219), Serge REZVANI (n° 22), Jean-Paul RIOPELLE (n° 160, 171, 185, 208, 218, 232), Kurt SELIGMANN (n° 19), Jean SIGNOVERT (n° 5), STEINBERG Saül (n° 53/54, 157, 192, 205, 224, 241), TAKIS (n° 249), Pierre TAL-COAT (n° 64, 82/83/84, 107/108/109, 112, 114, 117, 120, 121/122, 131, 148, 153, 199), Antoni TAPIÈS (n° 168, 175, 180, 200, 210, 234, 253), TITUS-CARMEL (n° 230, 243), TUMUC-HUMAC (n° 62/63), Raoul UBAC (n° 34, 74/75/76, 92/93, 105/106, 112, 119, 130, 142, 148, 155, 161, 196, 251), Bran van VELDE (n° 43), VILLON (n° 7), Jean VILLERI (n° 7). Numbers 1 to 38, as well as 48/49, are reprints or second editions, except for 10 and 24. Issue no. 29/30 is in two copies, one a damaged original edition, the other a reprint. The vast majority of copies are in very good condition. Only about ten show signs of wear.