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Le Petit Chaperon Rouge (Little Red Riding Hood)

Lavater, Warja

$375
  • Condition: Very Good +
  • Edition: Edition with the key in German, English, and French
  • Publisher: Adrien Maeght Editeur
  • Location: Paris
  • Date: 1965
  • Seller SKU: 71105

Paris: Adrien Maeght Editeur, 1965. Edition with the key in German, English, and French. Very Good +. Sextodecimo [16.5 cm] Accordion-folding artist's book composed of red cloth boards with printed paper cover label and folding color lithographic interior. With the artist's symbols printed on a folded sheet at the front. Trivial scuffing to the rear panel. Very bright and fresh. A superior copy. In a lucite slipcase, with mild scratching to the surface. D'apres un conte de Perrault. A bright and colorful visual reinterpretation of the Little Red Riding Hood by the noted Swiss artist.

Swiss-born Warja Lavater moved to New York City in 1958, where she began designing scientific illustrations for Dell Publishing Visual series. It was at this time that Honegger-Lavater came under the influence of American street advertising and began using pictograms as graphic representations of linguistic elements in her works. Her books often contain a legend listing the meanings of the various symbols. They then proceed chronologically, with the book unfolding, and the story being told entirely by using the symbols and no words.

Offered by Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA

Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Specializing in Children's Books, Illustrated Books & Wordless Novels, Modern First Editions, Native Americana, Natural History, Radical Politics & Labor, Utah & The Mormons, Western Americana and Western Exploration.
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209 East 500 South
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
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