Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 10

Monory, Composition, Derrière le miroir (after)

1982

About the Item

Silkscreen on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, Hommage à Aimé et Marguerite Maeght, N° 250, 1982. Published by Aimé Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; printed by Éditions Pierre à Feu, Galerie Maeght, Paris. Excerpted from the volume (translated from French), Finished printing on June 2, 1982 on the presses of l'Imprimerie moderne du Lion à Paris. It has been published 150 examples on vélin d'Arches, numbered from 1 to 150, and some examples out of the market constituting the original edition. Excerpted from a Christie’s, New York lot essay, The life span of Derrière le Miroir was thirty-five years. Publication began in 1946. Aimé Maeght, initiator of Derrière le Miroir, had already made few attempts to start publications illustrated with fine printed lithographs in colours in the years prior to the launch of Derrière le Miroir. The name, Derrière le Miroir was suggested by Jacques Kober, manager of Galerie Maeght. The gallery had opened in 1945; the first number of Derrière le Miroir was released a year later. For this first issue Geer van Velde was invited to create lithographs to illustrate the publication. The lithographs in the first issue was printed by Mourlot, Paris. The first three issues of Derrière le Miroir were unsuccessful for Maeght as far as the edition size—the initial print-runs were far too large. From 30,000 for the first issue, the number was taken down to 10,000 for numbers two and three, until Derrière le Miroir number four was published in an edition of 1500. Maeght instituted a policy whereby unsold issues were recycled and used for the fabrication of new paper for the coming editions—this served to both conserve resources and also usually result in ultimate edition sizes far less than 1,500. With number four, the permanent format for Derrière le Miroir was established. Lithographs in colours were key; text was limited to comments on the featuring artist's exhibition taking place in the Galerie Maeght, and this catalogue format was defining to Derrière le Miroir. Galerie Maeght took on the leading role in Paris and presented all main artists including Braque, Matisse, Chagall, Léger, Bonnard, Chillida and many more. So too did Derrière le Miroir. The idea of a magazine was meanwhile still on the mind of Aimé Maeght. He found an insert as a solution. Two, and later four, pages of art review were inserted from 1952 onwards. In 1968 this find had ripened to independency and the dream of Aimé Maeght was now a tangible fact named l'Art vivant. Derrière le Miroir was on it's own again. Over 250 issues in a row. At that point publisher Aimé Maeght wished to make a mark with the publication of an hommage to all who once contributed to the magazine which came in the form of issue number 250, but was delayed by the death of Aimé Maeght. It was published after number 253 in 1982 and became a tribute to Aimé and Marguérite Maeght and 35 years of friendship with artists and poets. The era of Derrière le Miroir was closed with that final publication. JACQUES MONORY (1924-2018) was a French painter and filmmaker whose work, highly influenced by photography and cinema, is an allegory of the contemporary world with a focus on the violence of everyday reality. His canvases evoke a heavy atmosphere, pulling subject matter from modern civilization through the lens of his signature monochrome color blue.
  • Creation Year:
    1982
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 15 in (38.1 cm)Width: 22 in (55.88 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • After:
    Jacques Monory (1934, French)
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Auburn Hills, MI
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1465215169432

More From This Seller

View All
Composition (Cole/Myers 79), X + X, Ten Works by Ten Painters, Stuart Davis
By Stuart Davis
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Silkscreen on Mohawk Superfine Bristol paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, X + X, Ten Works by Ten Painters, 1964. Publishe...
Category

1960s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Screen

Composition, Venetian Series, Dale Chihuly
By Dale Chihuly
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph, silkscreen and acrylic on Saunders Waterford, St Cuthberts Mill paper. Paper size: 37 x 25 inches. Inscription: Hand signed and numbered, 79/125, as issued. Notes: Publis...
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Acrylic, Screen, Lithograph

Reeds, Dale Chihuly
By Dale Chihuly
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph, silkscreen and acrylic on Saunders Waterford, St Cuthberts Mill paper. Paper size: 37 x 25 inches. Inscription: Hand signed and numbered, 86/100, as issued. Notes: Publis...
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Acrylic, Lithograph, Screen

Composition, Float Series, Dale Chihuly
By Dale Chihuly
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Silkscreen in five colors and acrylic on Saunders Waterford, St Cuthberts Mill paper. Paper size: 37 x 25 inches. Inscription: Hand signed and numbered, 18/110, as issued. Notes: Pub...
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Acrylic, Screen

Lenk Series B, Kaspar Thomas Lenk
By Kaspar Thomas Lenk
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Silkscreen, metallic ink in colors on vélin paper. Paper size: 26.5 x 26.5 inches. Inscription: Hand signed and numbered 92/100, as issued. Notes: Published by London Arts Inc., Detr...
Category

1970s Op Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Lenk Series C, Kaspar Thomas Lenk
By Kaspar Thomas Lenk
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Silkscreen, metallic ink in colors on vélin paper. Paper size: 26.5 x 26.5 inches. Inscription: Hand signed and numbered 67/100, as issued. Notes: Published by London Arts Inc., Detr...
Category

1970s Op Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

You May Also Like

Alex Katz 'Reflection 2'
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Alex Katz (born 1927) Reflection 2 2021 Archival pigment ink on Innova Etching Cotton Rag 315 gsm fine art paper 47 x 39.5 inches (119 x 100.3 cm) Edition of 81/100 With flat plane...
Category

2010s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Poezia Marina, Spain - Abstract Landscape
By Guido Lopez
Located in Soquel, CA
Bright and bold screen print by Spanish artist Guido Lopez (Spain, 20th century). Titled "Poezia Marina", signed lower right "Guido Lopez', 12/150. Unframed. Image 22.5"H x 25"L, Mat...
Category

Early 2000s Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Screen

Michael Gross Israeli Minimalist Conceptual Art, Abstract Jerusalem Silkscreen
By Michael Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
Michael Gross (Hebrew: מיכאל גרוס‎; 1920 – 4 November 2004) was an Israeli painter, sculptor and conceptual artist. Michael Gross was born in Tiberias in the British-administered Palestine in 1920. He grew up in the farming village of Migdal. In 1939-1940, he left to study at the Teachers’ Training College in Jerusalem. In 1939, while he was away, his father was murdered by Arabs, and the family farm and home were destroyed. This event impacted on his work as an artist. From 1943 to 1945, he studied architecture at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa. From 1951 to 1954, he studied art at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He returned to Israel in 1954 and settled in the artists’ village of Ein Hod. Gross's works are imbued with the light and spirit. They are minimalist, but never pure abstraction, always tied to natural form and laden with feeling. In his early paintings, Gross simplified form in order to concentrate on proportion, broad areas of color, and the size and placement of each element. This reductive process was also notable in his sculptures, whether in painted iron or other materials such as white concrete. In later paintings, he often juxtaposed large off-white panels with patches of tone, adding textured materials such as wooden beams, burlap and rope. Gross’s rough, freely-brushed surfaces, along with the use of soft pastel coloring, conjure up images of the Israeli landscape. Education 1936-1940 Teachers Seminary, Jerusalem 1943-1945, Technion, Haifa, architecture, studied sculpture with Moshe Ziffer. 1951-1954 Beaux Arts, Paris with Michel Guimond Teaching 1954 - 1954 Higher School of Education, Haifa. 1957-1960 Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem 1960-1980 Oranim Art Institute, Tivon Awards 1964: Hermann Struck Prize 1967: Dizengoff Prize 1971...
Category

1970s Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Screen

Windmill, Silkscreen with Collage by John Urbain
By John Urbain
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: John Urbain, Belgian/American (1920 - 2009) Title: Windmill Year: circa 1980 Medium: Silkscreen with Collage, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: AP Size: 36.5 x 26 in. (9...
Category

1970s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Highway, Pop Art Screenprint by Clarence Holbrook Carter
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Clarence Holbrook Carter, American (1904 - 2000) Title: Highway Year: 1979 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200 Image Size: 30 x 22 inches Paper Si...
Category

1970s Op Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Cloudburst and Daisy Field diptych
By Chris Keegan
Located in Deddington, GB
Overall size: H112 x W50 Daisy Field by Chris Keegan [2021] limited_edition Screen print Edition number 50 Image size: H:56 cm x W:25 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:56 cm x W...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Screen

Recently Viewed

View All