Sale 2683 - Lot 290
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Mallarmé, Stephane (1842-1898) & Ellsworth Kelly (1923-2015)
Un Coup de Dés.
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1992.
Limited edition, folio; no. 204 of 300 copies signed by Kelly in pencil on the limitation page; illustrated with 11 signed lithographs; bound in publisher's full black morocco, spine gilt-lettered; housed in the original cloth gilt-lettered clamshell box, (areas of box somewhat sunned); 17 x 12 1/2 in.
Ellsworth Kelly's first illustrated book pairs his stark images with the free-verse poem by symbolist Mallarmé. The lithographs demonstrate a remarkable understanding of working within the confines and structures of the famous poem's text, typography, and layout. The black-and-white images do not detract as much as they enhance the effect.
