Signed; Pierre Alechinsky - Aux petits soins: Optiques [with dedication] - 1989

Pierre Alechinsky

pencil-signed and dated by Pierre Alechinsky

also every artwork in the catalog is numbered in pencil by the artist. In other words, Alechinsky thus had the entire catalog in his hands.

The catalog is also originally numbered 590 / 900

dthis catalog still has the original tissue paper as its cover

Inside, almost in new condition

Atelier Clot, Paris, 1989,

quarto (23.8 x 30.9 cm),

24 pages.

A catalog of 63 eyeglass frames designed by the artist Pierre Alechinsky.

Random: "Glasses for the Sleepyhead, Glasses of the Monsigneur, Glasses for the Thick, Double-blown Glasses, Occult Glasses, Glasses with the Tail of the Lamp..."

Original edition limited to 940 copies, 590 numbered copy on Ingres MBM paper,

Enhanced - on the first page - with a beautiful, signed and dated (in pencil!) autograph by Pierre Alechinsky to Paul Duchein.

Paul Duchein (1930-2024) was a French artist, curator, art critic, and collector, known for his eclectic and imaginative approach to art.

His legacy is closely tied to the French town of Montauban, where he and his wife Jacqueline assembled a remarkable collection that combined surrealism, folk art, art brut, and tribal art.

Duchein began his career as a pharmacist, while Jacqueline was a biologist. Together they developed a broad passion and interest in art and transformed their home into a celebrated art museum, often described as Montauban’s "second great museum" after the Musée Ingres-Bourdelle.

The museum’s influence reached beyond Montauban and had a broader impact on the art world through its curatorial projects, publications, and personal relationships with the greatest artists of the 20th century.

rare and quite valuable item