Seven Issues of Derriere le Miroir, With Original Lithographs by Chagall, Miró, Picasso, and Others

Aimé Maeght, ed. DERRIERE LE MIROIR, nos. 142-148. Paris: Maeght Éditeur, 1964. Folios. Text in French, including one hardcover and (6) issues in four separate folios, with contents, including text and illustrations, all loose in illustrated wrappers, as issued; softcovers held in a cloth folder lettered in dark brown with illustrated cover label, side ties, and back cover stamped in blind. To include:

Ubac, no 142, March 1964. Devoted to the work of Raoul Ubac, with eight original lithographs; with Chroniques insert. Text by Yves Bonnefoy.

Chillida, no. 143, April 1964. Devoted to the work of Eduardo Chillida, with four original lithographs; with Chroniques insert. Text by Carola Giedion-Welcker.

Hommage a Georges Braque, nos. 144-146, May 1964. With five original lithographs by Picasso (double-page), Miró, Tal-Coat, Ubac, and Pallut.

Chagall, no. 147, June 1964. Devoted to the work of Marc Chagall, with three original lithographs (front cover, color double-page, and single-page b&w); with Chroniques insert. Text by Marcel Arland.

La Fondation Marguerite et Aimé Maeght a St-Paul, no. 148, July 1964. With six lithographs (two folding), including two original lithographs by Giacometti and Miró. Text by Henri Maldiney. 70pp.

Folder 15 1/2 x 11 7/8 in.; Hardcover 15 1/8 x 11 1/8 in.

Folder and some issues with stamp of Herbert C. Morton.

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.

All with wear to wraps (mostly very light and heaviest at spine), minor wear and occasional offsetting to interiors, with leaves overall very clean; Hommage a Georges Braque lacking several pages, with yellowing to cover, and some leaves with light foxing and grime; the hardcover with some heavier wear and foxing to boards; folder with toning to label, subtle spotting, minor edge wear, corners rubbed and bumped, and interior with rubbing from contents as expected. Hardcover in very good minus condition; the rest very good or better, in a very good folder.