Stone upon stone

Text by Louis Aragon, Pierre sur pierre, written in 1975, illustrated with 10 original lithographs by Alain Le Yaouanc. Printed in an edition of 114 on large Arches wove paper. Letterpress: Fecquet-Baudier. Lithographic printing: Arts Litho, Paris. Cavaliero Fine Art Éditeur, co-publisher Solange Roussin, New York, 1977. 61 × 87 cm.

Exhibitions

• 1977, New York, Galerie Rolly Michaud.
• 1996, Saint-Ouen, Château de Saint-Ouen, exhibition Le Yaouanc. Lithographies, gouaches, collages, dessins, huiles, objets.
• 2010, Paris, Librairie Céline Poisat.

Public sales

• 04/12/1991 – Paris, Cornette de Saint-Cyr, copy no. 99/99, lot no. 264.
• 12/11/2000 – Versailles, Perrin-Royère-Lajeunesse, copy no. 70/99, lot no. 28.
• 10/06/2001 – Versailles, Perrin-Royère-Lajeunesse, collaborator’s copy no. 1/15, lot no. 223.
• 25/04/2009 – Brussels, Ferraton, lot no. 797.
• 28/11/2011 – Paris, Joron-Derem, copy no. 99/99, lot no. 237.
• 20/10/2013 – Fontainebleau, Osenat, lot no. 10.
• 20/10/2013 – Cannes, Cannes Enchères, copy no. EA II/XV, lot no. 602.
• 26/03/2016 – Fontainebleau, Osenat, lot no. 58.
• 20/05/2016 – Paris, AuctionArt - Rémy Le Fur & Associés, copy no. 22/99, lot no. 526.

Louis Aragon’s inscription to Alain Le Yaouanc on copy EA I

I dedicate to you, Alain, the text of a certain Le Yaouanc, at the head of which I have, I find that I have, put a few little curls in my own hand. I hope you will not have taken it too badly on my part, knowing as you do what I think and expect of you in what is left of my dog’s life...
Your friend, who here takes up all the room to which he has no right (nor left)
Louis

Bibliography

• Le Yaouanc Aragon, Carmen Martinez and La Pierre d’Angle éditeur, Paris, 1979, p. 287.
• Faites entrer l’infini no. 16, Société des Amis de Louis Aragon et Elsa Triolet, Vitry, December 1993.
• Catalogue of the exhibition Le Yaouanc, Fondation Elsa Triolet-Aragon, Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines, October 1994.

Catalogue raisonné reference: L1977-0003