Engraving on vélin papier à la cuve du Moulin Richard de Bas paper. Paper size: 15.55 x 11.22 inches. Excellent condition. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, L'amour du plus lointain, neuf gravures originales de James Coignard, 1969. Published and printed by Au Vent d'Arles, Saint Paul de Vence, 1969. Excerpted from the folio (translated from French), This edition of L'amour du plus lointain, printed on papier à la cuve du Moulin Richard de Bas, has been limited to 60 examples, distributed as follows: 5 examples, numbered from 1 to 5 with an original design, a striped copper, a sequence of original signed and numbered engravings; 5 examples numbered from 6 to 10 with a sequence of original engravings signed and numbered; examples numbered from 11 to 60. Some HC examples have been reserved for the publisher and his collaborators. All examples are signed by the poet, the artist and the publisher on the colophons. JAMES COIGNARD (1925-2008) was a French painter, sculptor, ceramist, and engraver. He lived and worked in Antibes. He began his studies at the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs in Nice in 1948. He apprenticed with the painter Marchand des Raux. Coignard had an American period in New Orleans from 1985-1988. In both his mixed media on canvas and his works on paper, James Coignard is known for his vibrant colors and technical versatility and for his colorful, geometric abstractions and exceptional carborundum etchings. The artist's keen interest in mathematics is evident in all of his paintings and etchings. His work is now in numerous corporate and private collections, as well as over 20 museums including the Guggenheim in New York and the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris.