22 issues

Each with text, lithographs, and photographic reproductions Original printed wrappers. All in excellent condition.

Twenty-two complete issues of the most successful art publishing venture in the postwar period. Aimé Maeght (1906-1981), a French art dealer and owner of an eponymous gallery in Paris, founded Derrière le Miroir (Behind the Mirror) in October 1946 and continued publishing until 1982, a total of more than 200 issues. The magazine was devoted exclusively to contemporary graphic works from artists represented by the gallery. Many of the most acclaimed artists of the time, including Francis Bacon, Fernand Léger, Alexander Calder, (truncated) Alberto Giacometti, Ellsworth Kelly, and Henri Matisse submitted their works to the magazine. Each issue of the magazine featured an artist's original color lithographs and reproductions. In some cases, the graphic work was accompanied by poetry and articles from writers like Guillaume Apollinaire, André Breton, Francis Ponge, among many others. Derrière le Miroir at its core represented art's triumphal return to France after the devastation of World War II and disseminated the work of the greatest artistic minds of the twentieth century.
The twenty-two issues in our collection includes many significant works from the series. Notable publications include the triple issue celebrating Joan Miró's works on the artist's 60th birthday in 1953, and the double issue of Vasilly Kandinsky's retrospective at the Maeght Gallery that same year.
The following is complete list of the issues:
1. G. Braque No. 25-26 (1950);
2. G. Braque No. 48-49 (1953);
3. Miró No. 57-58-59 (1953);
4. Kandinsky No. 60-61 (1953);
5. G. Braque No. 71-72 (1954);
6. Raoul Ubac No. 74-75-76 (1955);
7. Derain No. 111 (1958);
8. G. Braque No. 115 (1959);
9. Kandinsky: 1921–1927 No. 118 (1960);
10. Miró
No. 125-126 (1961);
11. Ubac No. 130 (1961);
12. Tal-Coat
No. 131 (1962);
13. Georges Braque: Papiers collés 1912–1914 No. 138 (1963);
14. 5 peintres et 1 sculpteur No. 150 (1965);
15.
Miró: l'oiseau solaire, l'oiseau lunaire, étincelles No. 164-165 (1967);
16. Tàpies No. 168 (1967);
17. Miró: Aquarelles, album femmes, Hai-ku No. 169 (1967);
18. Tàpies No. 175 (1968);
19. Garache No. 213 (1975);
20. Garache No. 222 (1977);
21. Tàpies
No. 234 (1979).
22. There is also a special issue entitled Maeght Editeaur Faux-Fortes et Lithographies Originales Derriere le Miroir Affiches summarizing the 1964-1965 issues that are signed or contain original art. (Inventory #: 17316)