A collection of two works by Jean-Jacques Lévêque. - Lot 534

A collection of two works by Jean-Jacques Lévêque. 1 - Preparations for a Morning. - Limoges, Sens Plastique, printed by Rougerie, n.d. [c.1970]. Large oblong quarto in loose-leaf format with a printed cover - [12 pp.]. Illustrated with 2 drypoint engravings (out of the block) and a woodcut on the title page. A print run of 60 copies on pure Angoumois rag paper, including 10 H-C copies; this one is one of the 50 numbered copies (No. 31), signed by the artist and the author, who added, “For… with my best regards.” 2/ - A Cage Setting Out in Search of a Bird. Paris, Paraphes 60, 1953. From the collection “l’Envers vaut l’endroit.” In-4 in sheets, with a salmon-colored cover printed in brown with flaps—[14 ff.]. Illustrated with a half-tone reproduction of an engraving by Lucien Coutaud. A limited edition of 55 copies; this one is one of 49 printed on superior white offset paper (no. 47).