artists' books

Albrecht Dürer 1471-1528 born in Nuremberg. The Apocalypse, dated 1498, contained sixteen large woodcuts.

Durer was involved at the very early stages of printed book production in Europe, and artists have always contributed to the development of the book, whether they were made by hand on an individual basis, or if they were printed.

Salvador Dalí,
Illustrations to Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, consisting of 12 original full page woodcuts and one coloured etching. Folio. Loose prints in a leather folding box. New York: Maecenas Press, Random House, 1969.

Joan Miro,
Parler Seul by Tristan Tzara. Illustrated with 72 lithographs by Miro. Folio, loose prints in illustrated cover and slipcase. [Paris]: Maeght, 1948-1950.
253 copies signed by both Miro and Tzara. Lithograph on Japon paper
48.9 x 77.47 cm

Picasso: Ovid: Metamorphoses, published by Albert Skira 1930; Sheet 325 x 255mm, 12.8 x 10.04 "; paper: Arches laid; a series of 30 etchings on copper; text printed in letterpress; edition of 145 printed by Louis Fort in 1931 before the cancellation of the plates

Frans Masereel:
Die Sonne, illustrated with 63 black and white woodcuts

Frans Masereel was born in the Belgian town of Blankenberghe in 1889, in 1972 he died in Avignon.

Among his so-called image novels were 'Passion eines Menschen', 'Mein Stundenbuch', 'Die Sonne', 'Die Idee' and 'Geschichte ohne Worte', which all date from around 1920.

Joan Miro: Les Essencies de la Terra;1968
Lithograph on Japon; 48.9 x 77.47 cm