Souvenirs et Portraits d’Artistes
Fernand Mourlot 1972- Deluxe editions
2 copy Available:
1800€ - Some yellowing to cover
2000€ - Prestime Condition
published in 1972 by Éditions A. Mazo, Paris / Leon Amiel, New York, is a fine art book featuring memoirs by Fernand Mourlot and text by Jacques Prévert, dedicated to Mourlot’s collaborations with major 20th-century artists. The typography and binding were executed by Fequet et Baudier, Paris, and the lithographs were printed at Mourlot Studio on Vélin d’Arches paper. The deluxe edition consists of 800 copies and includes 25 original lithographs by artists such as Pablo Picasso (Le Seigneur et la Dame, 22 × 16.2 cm, Cramer 153, Mourlot 322, Bloch 2017), Marc Chagall, Joan Miró (Cramer 156), Henri Matisse, Georges Braque, Paul Jenkins, Victor Vasarely, André Masson (Saphire/Cramer 91), Jacques Villon, Alberto Giacometti, Jean Cocteau, Charles Lapicque, Alfred Manessier, Maurice Estève, Paul Wunderlich, Bernard Buffet, Paul Delvaux, Maurice Brianchon, Paul Guiramand, André Derain, André Beaudin, Graham Sutherland, Apel·les Fenosa, André Minaux, and Kostia Terechkovitch. Each lithograph was specially created or selected for this edition and printed on full pages. The volume measures 33 × 26 cm and is a major reference for collectors and bibliophiles, catalogued in Cramer 153.
