Édouard PIGNON (1905-1993). 50 peintures de 1936... Lot 273

Édouard PIGNON (1905-1993). 50 peintures de 1936 à 1962 - Propos de Pignon sur la peinture et la réalité (Paris, Galerie de France, s.d.); in-4 publisher's cloth binding in dust jacket (faded). Edition of 3,600 numbered copies (no. 650), with a large double-page original watercolor drawing by Pignon, signed and dated 1963 for his friends Jacques and Lida, depicting a knight in armor on a prancing horse. The 50 works reproduced in black or in color are laminated on the book pages inside the text. Édouard Pignon (Paris, Galerie de France, 1960), in-4 Italian-style booklet published to mark the exhibition of Pignon's works (March 22-April 20, 1960), 1500 copies numbered, text and photographs by Hélène Parmelin, the painter's wife.