Alechinsky, Pierre [artist] — Michel Sicard | One of 165 copies signed by the author

Alechinsky, Pierre [artist] — Michel Sicard

Flore Danoise. Paris: Robert & Lydie Dutrou, 1991

Folio (391 x 257 mm). Half-title and title printed in red, text in French and Danish, printed in black with headings in red and black, 7 colored plates by Alechinsky, each an "eau-forte originale sur facsimile de Flora Danica," each numbered and signed in pencil by Alechinsky. Unbound as issued in original limp paper wrappers, upper wrapper with etched calligraphic title printed and decorated in red and silver. Housed in plexiglass slipcase.

This edition limited to 165 copies signed by the author, this copy number 7 of the 125 copies for sale by the publishers

An approximate translation of the colophon states: "Flore Danoiose, a poem by Michel Sicard—dedicated to his daughter Flora—and the Danish translation by Uffee Harder are both set by hand in 20 point Garamond type. The seven original etchings by Pierre Alechinsky are printed on facsimiles of plates from the 18th-century botanical work: Flora Danica." The excellent images—reminiscent of the work of Max Ernst—provide a fresh view of some of the more esoteric images from Flora Danica. The literary/artistic equivalent of cloud-imagined figures and landscapes, Alechinsky offers a sophisticated view which complements Sicard's text/poems to his daughter.