Lot Ferdinand - André Herold, František Kupka - La Guirlande d’Aphrodite (Afroditina girlanda) La Guirlande d’Aphrodite
Created:
1919
the book is illustrated with an original watercolour by Frantisek Kupka (signed with Kupka's pseudonym Paul Regnard)
3 sets of illustrations as coloured woodcuts on Japan, Chine, and Velin paper, based on designs by Frantisek Kupka
half-leather binding by French bookbinder René Aussourd, cover unbound
copy no. 57
published by H. Piazza in Paris in 1919 with a print run of 600 copies
A collection of love epigrams from an ancient Greek anthology, translated by André-Ferdinand Herold.
Consulted with Dr Irena Zantovska Murray HonFRIBA, Professor Jaromir Zemina, Dr Jiri Machalicky and Vladimir Lekes.
Authenticity certificate enclosed.