(ALECHINSKY, PIERRE) Frénaud, André La Vie Comme Elle Tourne et par Example

(ALECHINSKY, PIERRE.) Frénaud, André. La Vie Comme Elle Tourne et par Example. Pochoir borders surrounding designs by Alechinsky; three original etchings signed and numbered by alechinsky printed on old French notary acts, one each in red, blue, and green. Plates measure 295x203mm; 11 5/8x8 inches, sheets. Small folio, contents loose as issued in original pictorial wrappers highlighted in pochoir; etchings laid into separate folder; publisher's cloth folding box, a little spotted; contents fine. (Paris: Maeght, 1979)

number 28 of only 90 copies signed by alechinsky and frénaud, with the three signed etchings. A beautiful and ambitious work, with the etchings printed at Mme Veuve Moret, Maeght for the illustrations, and l'Impremerie Union for the text on Bodoni paper. Maeght, A Proximité des Poètes, page 109-10.