UN COUP DE DES JAMAIS N'ABOLIRA LE HASARD (A THROW OF THE DICE NEVER W

Mallarme and Ellsworth Kelly, Stephane. UN COUP DE DES JAMAIS N'ABOLIRA LE HASARD (A THROW OF THE DICE NEVER WILL ABOLISH CHANCE) and THE MALLARME SUITE. Limited Editions Club, NY, 1992. A:The Book: Folio (c. 17 1/2 inches tall), cloth-covered clamshell box, full black goatskin with gold-stamped leather label on the spine. Edition of 300 (this copy 3), signed by Kelly on the Justification page, text of the poem and 11 lithographs in black and white. Fine in Fine box. Castleman, A Century of Artist's Books, p. 202. B: The Suite: Elephant Folio (30 1/2 inches tall). Limited Editions Club, NY, 1992. Cloth-covered clamshell box with half-title and title sheets, four lithographs in colors, each numbered "3/40" and signed in pencil on the verso (there were additonal proofs and special copies, bringing the total edition to 64). Each lithograph is printed on the full sheet and measures 28 1/2 x 21 3/8 inches. Fine throughout. Complete Suites are hard to find, as many have been broken and the plates sold individually.