[VILLON, JACQUES]. Hesiode. Les travaux et les jours. Paris (Editions Verve) (1962) Folio. 63pp. unbound as issued. Limited to 200 copies signed by the artist. Illustrated with four color and nineteen black & white etchings by Villon, fifteen of which are double-page. Flocks, herds, and rustic groupings of men and women are shown in the craggy landscape of Greece, in Villon's Cubist style. Very fine in printed wrappers and housed in a cloth-backed chemise and slipcase. Jacques Villon was a member of th Duchampian family of artists. In his youth he studied law, but soon abandoned it to join the Cubist movement. He is particularly noted for his mastery of the colored etching. Using a plate for each color, he referred to himself as the "Cubist Impressionist." This work is an apt description of his fusion of structure with color. Villon's finesse with etching is effectively demonstrated in this book, yet even his use of black and white gives a dramatic interpretation to the text. A magnificent livre d'artiste and a masterpiece. Price: USD 4,000.00 other currencies   order no. 4403    inquire

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