JEAN LURÇAT (1892-1966) DISCOURS DE RÉCEPTION À L’ACADÉMIE DES BEAUX-ARTS, LE 3 JUIN 1964 RAISONS D’UNE DÉRAISON SUIVI DE QUELQUES TEXTES SUR LA TAPISSERIE MURALE [INDUCTION SPEECH AT THE ACADÉMIE DES BEAUX-ARTS, 3 JUNE 1964 REASONS FOR A CHANGE OF HEART FOLLOWED BY SOME TEXTS ON WALL TAPESTRIES] 1 VOLUME. LIMITED EDITION. 1965. IN FRENCH.

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Paris, Les Éditions du Temps, 1965. 1 volume, paperback, illustrated with the author’s black-and-white drawings. Unnumbered copy. First edition limited to 3,000 copies, including 12 copies on Arches pure-fibre vellum, numbered from 1 to 12 and accompanied by one of the author’s twelve original drawings. Printed on 16 December 1965 by André Mallessard, printer, Paris. Jean Lurçat French painter, ceramicist, poet and tapestry designer. He is best known for having radically revitalised the art of tapestry in the 20th century.