Peter Bichsel   Fine Books

Zadkine, Ossip. les travaux d’hércule. – the labours of heracles. – die arbeiten des herakles. publiés par/edited by/herausgegeben von Chrstoph Czwiklitzer, Paris.

With 7 signed colour lithographs, photographic portrait, folding facsimile and separate folding plate. Suite of 28 lithographic reproductions of drawings by O. Z. Text unpag. Large 8vo. Full dark blue morocco with blind-tooled illus. by Zadkine on front board. Slip-case. – (Paris, Christoph Czwiklitzer, 1960).

One of 15 numbered copies with 7 signed and numbered original colour lithographs in different states of a total limited edition of 150, signed in the impressum by the artist. The present copy with an individual presentation drawing in red on the first blank leaf. With texts by Christoph Czwiklitzer, Jean Cassou, and ossip Zadkine „quelques feuilles de mon journal – some pages from my diary – ein paar blätter aus meinem tagebuch“. Parallelely published to this bibliophile edition was an Album „The Labours of Hercules“ in 350 copies. – Fine copy. – Best.-Nr. 19691