Derriere le Miroir - One Kandinsky Issue and Two Chagall

Aimé Maeght, ed. one issue of DERRIERE LE MIROIR devoted to Wassily Kandinsky and (2) issues devoted to Marc Chagall. Paris: Maeght Editeur. Folios. Contents, including text (in French) and illustrations, all loose in lithographed wrappers, as issued.

to include:

Kandinsky: Période Parisienne 1934-1944. No. 179 June 1969. With five original lithographs after paintings by Kandinsky including wraps, two full-page, and two folding; with additional color and b&w reproductions. Text by Gaëtan Picon.

No. 182 December 1969. With two original color lithographs by Chagall including the cover and one folding; numerous additional reproductions in color and b&w. Text by Claude Esteban.

No. 198 May 1972. With three original color lithographs by Chagall including the cover, one full-page, and one folding; with numerous additional reproductions in color and b&w. Text by Aragon.

Each 15 x 11 in.

Aimé Maeght's Derriere le Miroir was published in Paris from 1946, just after WWII as artists returned to Europe, until 1982, just after the founder's death. There were 200 published issues featuring the work of artists who exhibited at Galerie Maeght. Issues included original lithographs, thereby providing more affordable access to works of art by well-known artists, most of them from France and Spain, such as Chagall, Calder, Miró, Braque, Rebeyrolle, Del Re, Riopelle, and Adami.

This group of Derriere le Miroir issues was collected in Switzerland.

Light wear to wraps; foxing mostly concentrated on edges and folds, no. 198 with some leaves with heavier foxing; occasional corner wear, light toning, and offsetting. Approaching very good and with complete original lithographs.