Kelly, Ellsworth (1923-2015), illustrator. -- Mallarme Stephane (1842-1898). A Un Coup de Dés n'Abolira Jamais le Hasard. [A Throw of the Dice Will Never Abolish Chance]. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1992.
Folio. Lithographs by Ellsworth Kelly. Original black goatskin; publisher’s folding case.
LIMITED EDITION, number 57 of 300, SIGNED BY KELLY. A Throw of the Dice Will Never Abolish Chance was written by Mallarme in 1897 and was published in Cosmopolis later that year. It was not published in book form until 1914, and only then in an edition of 60 copies. Original prospectus laid-in.
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