SENGHOR (Léopold Sédar) - ERNI (Hans). Africa’s Promised Land. A Symphony in Black and Gold. Lausanne: André and Pierre Gonin, [1966]. — Oblong folio, 353 x 374: 143 pp., (4 ff. last large), illustrated cover. Loose-leaf, pasted-in cover, publisher’s cardboard slipcase. A very fine edition published on the occasion of the first World Festival of Black Arts in Dakar, featuring an anthology of African poems drawn from: *Chants d’ombre* (1945), *Hosties noires* (1948), *Nocturnes* (1961), *Elégies, Ethiopiques* (1956), *D’autres chants*, and *Poésies diverses* by Léopold Sédar Senghor. The illustrations consist of 17 exquisite original color lithographs by Hans ERNI (1909–2015), including 15 full-page and 2 double-page prints. Limited edition of 225 copies, signed by the publishers and the artist on the colophon. This is one of 123 copies printed on Arches grand vélin (No. 105). Very well-preserved copy. The slipcase is missing.
Estimate
€300 - €400
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Not sold
Buyer's premium
32%
SENGHOR (Léopold Sédar) - ERNI (Hans).
Africa’s Promised Land. A Symphony in Black and Gold.
Lausanne: André and Pierre Gonin, [1966]. — Oblong folio, 353 x 374: 143 pp., (4 ff. last large), illustrated cover. Loose-leaf, pasted-in cover, publisher’s cardboard slipcase.
A very fine edition published on the occasion of the first World Festival of Black Arts in Dakar, featuring an anthology of African poems drawn from: *Chants d’ombre* (1945), *Hosties noires* (1948), *Nocturnes* (1961), *Elégies, Ethiopiques* (1956), *D’autres chants*, and *Poésies diverses* by Léopold Sédar Senghor.
The illustrations consist of 17 exquisite original color lithographs by Hans ERNI (1909–2015), including 15 full-page and 2 double-page prints.
Limited edition of 225 copies, signed by the publishers and the artist on the colophon. This is one of 123 copies printed on Arches grand vélin (No. 105).
Very well-preserved copy.
The slipcase is missing.
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