Derrière le Miroir, No 158-159 Avril-Mai 1966: La Revue Blanche

Paris: Maeght Éditeur, 1966. First edition. Softcover. Very good- to very good+ condition. Folio. 44, [4]pp. Original pictorial wrappers. This remarkable issue of "Derrière le Miroir" is devoted to a lively 1966 Fondation Maeght survey of the work of the artists that contributed to the influential late nineteenth century Parisian periodical "La Revue Blanche". It contains three color photo-lithographs after Pierre Bonnard, Edouard Vuillard and K.X. Roussel and eight monochrome photo-lithographs after Bonnard, Vuillard, Georges Seurat and Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, as well as exquisite reproductions of works by Felix Valloton, Odilon Redon, Maurice Denis, and more. Text in French. Wraps with light wear along edges and one and a half inch chip at head of spine. 'Derrière le Miroir' accompanied each exposition at the Galerie Maeght in Paris France. The first issue appeared in 1946, The last #253 of the collection in 1982. DLM is born out of the passion of Aime and Marguerite Maeght. The first issues were intended by Aime Maeght to be spread among a large public, with original lithographs. 10,000 Copies were printed and distributed through kiosks. This failed completely and the remaining copies were sold by weight to finance the printing of issue 4, which was printed at only 1500 copies and was the catalog for the George Braque exhibition at the Galerie. Jacques Kober and Rene Char wrote the texts. This concept was continued in later issues combining great writers with great artists. In 1947, Adrien Maeght, joined the firm of his parents and assisted his father in the layout and execution. The artists created original lithographs to illustrate DLM. Mourlot did the lithographic printing and the text was printed by Union in issues 4-115. From 116-148, DLM was shot in the studios of Aime Maeght. Since 1960 an edition 'deluxe' was issued, on Arches paper, limited to 150 copies.