Au travail ma chérie
€725.00
First volume in the Préférence series: a focused encounter between Dominique Fourcade and Pierre Buraglio. The Imprimerie nationale produced an exemplary typographic edition on Rives wove, limited to 100 copies signed by both. Buraglio “illuminates” the book with spare, hand-made interventions—strokes, contours, accents—that let the page breathe. The plain wrappers in a sturdy case stress the workshop feel. This copy bears a presentation to Jacques Dauchez, adding a vivid bibliophilic provenance. A scarce, exact book where typography, gesture, and poetry hold each other in balance.
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Dominique Fourcade, Pierre Buraglio
Buraglio, Pierre
Au travail ma chérie
1992 | Paris | Imprimerie Nationale Éditions
A rare, cleanly designed artist’s book where every mark counts; the distinguished provenance adds heft.
First volume in the Préférence series: a focused encounter between Dominique Fourcade and Pierre Buraglio. The Imprimerie nationale produced an exemplary typographic edition on Rives wove, limited to 100 copies signed by both. Buraglio “illuminates” the book with spare, hand-made interventions—strokes, contours, accents—that let the page breathe. The plain wrappers in a sturdy case stress the workshop feel. This copy bears a presentation to Jacques Dauchez, adding a vivid bibliophilic provenance. A scarce, exact book where typography, gesture, and poetry hold each other in balance.
€725
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In-4 (Quarto) approx. 25 × 32 cm
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One of 100 copies on Rives wove, signed by author and artist; with presentation; Provenance: Jacques Dauchez Library; “Premier ouvrage de la collection Préférence”.
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100
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vergé de Rives
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Fourcade writes brief, lucid pages on work, attention and love; sentences that read like prompts and encouragements. Typography stays transparent: ample white, calm cadence. Buraglio’s marks—a black contour, a red stroke, a quick blue flourish—add discreet accents. One moves between reading and looking as if the page were a practice sheet. The result is intimate yet purposeful, a workbook for sensibility.
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