Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
Requiem pour la Fin des Temps
Requiem pour la Fin des Temps
Eddy Batache/Requiem/pour/la Fin des Temps/Francis Bacon/Hans Hartung/Sebastian Matta/Henry Moore/Editions Georges Visat, Paris [1978]
Published as an album with a text in French on the four artists by Eddy Batache and quotations from René Guénon. It contains eight signed prints, two each by the above artists.
675 x 520mm: 44 numbered pages in 11 leaves of Arches in a blue linen-covered Solander box with the publisher's name on the front and the author's name and title on the spine, all blocked in white.
pp.[1,2] blank
p.[3] half-title
p.[4] dedication, copyright
p.[5] blank
p.[6] CGM 467
p.[7] title
pp.[8]-18 text, prints
p.[19] CGM 466
p.[20] blank
pp.[21-37] text, prints
pp.[38-40] blank
p.[41] contents, edition, imprint, printed number, signature
pp.[42-44] blank
The edition of 146 copies, signed in pencil by the author on p.[41], comprises:
100 copies numbered 1 to 100 with CGM 466 and 467 numbered 1/100 to 100/100
46 copies numbered I to XLVI with CGM 466 and 467 numbered I/XLVI to XLVI/XLVI
CGM 466 and 467 are signed in pencil by the artist and marked with the publisher's blind stamp.
Text set in Caslon and printed by Fequet et Baudier, Paris.
CGM 466 and 467 were printed by Atelier Lacourière et Frélaut, Paris.
The Solander boxes were made by Duval, Paris.