Matton Pascalini Charles (3 results)

BOOK HARDCOVER. Charles Matton-Pascalini. (illustrator). Club du Livre à Paris, 1979, in 4 (33 x 25 cm), 60 pages environ, dont la moitié vierges. 8 lithographies en couleurs (sur les 25 qu'en compte le vrai ouvrage) de Charles Matton-Pascalini. Reliure d'éditeur mosaïquée et maroquinée de couleurs noire et rouge, plats à motifs géométriques, dos muet, ainsi que dos réel de l'ouvrage collé derrière le second plat pour la présentation à la clientèle, tranche de tête dorée. +++++++ Spécimen avec quelques pages, 8 lithographies en couleurs de Charles Matton-Pascalini ainsi que le dos factice de ce bel ouvrage de Shakespeare tiré à 325 exemplaires - Bon état avec quelques frottements.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Très bon. Charles Matton-Pascalini (illustrator). Grand in-4 de 159 pp.; plein chagrin noir, premier plat à motifs géométriques estampés, dos avec titre en lettres dorées, tranche de tête dorée. Jaquette avec dos chagrin, étui bordé. (reliure réalisée par Paul Figarola d'après la maquette de Dominique Amat). Lithographies originales de Charles Matton-Pascalini. Collection Gravure contemporaine.Tirage limité à 380 exemplaires, un des 295 sur Arches, celui-ci n° 239 signé par l'artiste. Bel exemplaire.

Leather bound. Condition: Fine. Matton-Pascalini, Charles (illustrator). Limited Edition. One of 295 numbered copies, folio size, 164 pp., signed by Charles Matton-Pascalini, with cloth chemise and slipcase, all text in French. One of the "Collection Gravure Contemporaine" published by the Club du Livre, this highlighting the work of Charles Matton-Pascalini (1931-2008). Matton (who also went by Gabriel Pasqualini) was an artist in many fields: painting, sculpture, photography, and even film. This work with twenty lithographs by the artist. The Club du Livre's mission, in the "Contemporary Engraving" collection, sought "to bring together, through original engraving and the artists who use it, some of the characteristic aspects of contemporary art" (n.b., from preface as translated by Google Lens). They continue: "If we like to give prints a decorative role in wall ornamentation, it seems, ultimately, that we experience a more refined pleasure in discovering them between the leaves of a book alongside the words that inspired them." (ibid) Not only is the artwork visually stunning, but the binding, in true French style, is impeccable. Designed by Dominque Amat and executed in full leather by Paul Figarola, the glossy red, grey and black leather creating an abstraction that perfectly complements the text. ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in full grained leather with the abstract design of black, grey and red inlaid and outlined with gilt, title on spine in gilt, black cloth endpapers with black leather hinges, top edge gilt, title page in red and black, frontispiece one of twenty bound in throughout, each with their tissue guard, dramatis personae in red throughout; limited edition of 295 copies on Arches paper, this number 215 (the number printed, not written), total edition 380, binding folio size (13" by 10 1/4"), pagination: [1-10] 11-[160] [4], signed in pencil by Charles Matton-Pascalini at the colophon. Covered with a chemise of black cloth lined with black felt, black leather spine with gilt lettering. Housed in a slipcase covered in black cloth, line with black felt, the opening with black leather. ___CONDITION: Volume is fine, the leather smooth and supple, clean and without wear, straight corners without rubbing, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings. The chemise near fine, clean with very light wear; the slipcase structually is fine, strong and and sturdy, with no splits to the seams, the cloth covering with some light wear including a small spot worn through. ___POSTAGE: Note that this is an extremely large and heavy volume, and additional postage will apply; please inquire for details. International customers, please also note that any taxes, duty, or tariffs charged by your country will, of necessity, be your responsibility. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.