Les Bœufs Meurent Aussi

Artwork details

Artist

Joan Gardy-Artigas

Title

Les Bœufs Meurent Aussi

Description

Lemesle, Jean-Pierre.
Les bœufs meurent aussi.
Paris: Maeght Editeur, 1971.

Poem by Lemesle accompanied by enormous brightly-colored original lithographs by Artigas. Lithographed throughout, both illustrations and text. Also features a few black and white photographs by Claude Gaspari.

Illustrations depict slaughterhouse scenes. Not the book to read before sitting down to a dinner, especially if you're going to have steak.

From a total edition of 250 copies, this is ONE OF 25 COPIES WITH AN ORIGINAL SIGNED DOUBLE-PAGE DRAWING (65 x 100 cm) BY GARDY-ARTIGAS.

Additionally signed on the justification by both author and artist.

Huge folio (25 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches; 65 x 50 cm). Loose as issued in wrappers and publisher's cloth folding case, decorated with an additional color lithograph. FINE AND BRIGHT.

Date

1971

Medium

Lithograph

Edition

25

Signature

Signed

Price

Price on request