Title: Le Bateau Ivre. Avec Sept Eaux-Fortes de Jan Mensinga.
Description: Netherlands: Selas of America. [1971]. [1971]. LIMITED EDITION OF 20 "HORS COMMERCE" COPIES WITH SEVEN SIGNED ETCHINGS BY JAN ROELF MENSINGA. - Oblong folio, 12-1/2 inches high by 16-1/4 inches wide. A hardcover portfolio with 7 folded sheets with introductory text and the poem by Arthur Rimbaud and 7 superb full-page etchings signed & numbered by Jan Roelf Mensinga, laid loose as issued in a dark red cloth portfolio by H. Eppinga. The edges of the portfolio's front cover are dampstained and the bottom edge of the cover is faded. The contents are in exceptionally bright condition.
Of a total edition of 170 copies, this is number 18 of 20 "hors Commerce" copies, with the signed plates signed and numbered "18/XX" in pencil. The portfolio is additionally numbered "XVIII" in pencil on the colophon.
Each of Mensinga's fine etchings is signed and numbered in pencil by the artist.
The text includes an introduction by J. Voogd.
The colophon reads as follows: "Les sept eaux-fortes de M. Jan Mensinga ont ete imprimees a la main sur papier Hahnemuhle-Butten par M. Piet Clement. La composition typographique du texte et son impression ont ete soignees par l'imprimerie Confiance, selon les indications de M. Alje Olthof. Le carton est l'oeuvre de M. H. Eppinga." "Le present exemplaire est le numero XVIII d'un tirage de 150 esemplaires.
RARE. Very good .
Keywords: ILLUSTRATED; ORIGINAL ART; SIGNED NUMBERED ETCHINGS; PRINTS; LE BATEAU IVRE; AVEC SEPT EAUX-FORTES DE JAN MENSINGA; ARTHUR RIMBEAU; JAN ROELF MENSING; SIGNED; AUTOGRAPH; SIGNATURE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; LITERATURE; ILLUSTRATIONS; PIET CLEMENT;
- Book number: 35981
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