Ballets-minute
By: Pierre Lecuire ; eaux-fortes de Nicolas de Staël.
Contributors: Staël, Nicolas de, 1914-1955.; Artists' Books Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: [P. Lecuire
Published: 1981
Place of publication: Paris
Language: fre
Number of pages: 87
Notes: "Cinquante exemplaires: 5 exemplaires sur Japon Impérial, comportant une suite des eaux-fortes sur vergé ancien, numérotés de 1 à 5; 5 exemplaires sur Vélin de Rives, comportant une suite des eaux-fortes sur vergé ancien, numérotés de 6 à 10; 30 exemplaires sur Vélin de Rives, numérotés de 11 à 40. En outre, il a été tiré pour les collaborateurs 10 exemplaires sur Rives, marqués de I à X"--Colophon.
Issued in loose sections in a printed paper cover, in a slipcase (with an inner case, decorated in color).
LC has copy no. 29, with special supplementary material added by the author: 1) "Genèse des 'Ballets-minute.'" 6 p. Caption title. Ms. signed: Paris 11 juin 1981, Pierre Lecuire. 2) "Epreuve du premier cuivre de Nicolas de Staël pour l'eau-forte 'Nuages' ..." 1 sheet. Ms. caption on verso signed: P.L.  3) "Trois lettres autographes de Nicolas de Staël relatives aux 'Ballets minute' (fac-similés sur papier de Chine)." [8] p. Ms. note by Pierre Lecuire on p. [2-3]; the facsimiles (5 sheets) mounted on p. [4-8]. 4) "Lieu de naissance des 'Ballets-minute.'" [4] p. Ms. note by Pierre Lecuire on p. [1]; 3 photos taken at the "Castelet," property of N. de Staël at Ménerbes (Vaucluse, France) mounted on p. [2-4].
Source: Purchase from Pierre Lecuire, June 28, 1988.