Eduardo Chillida

EDUARDO CHILLIDA JUANTEGUI (San Sebastian, 1924 - 2002).
"About what I don't know", 2008.
Illustrated book with reproductions in original size of 47 drawings, 7 collages and 6 manuscripts with texts and drawings by the artist. Limited edition, copy 476/2988.
Planeta Group.
It has a case with lock and key.
The cardboard box is damaged.
Measurements: 44 x 34,5 cm (book); 48 x 38 x 7 cm (case);) 51 x 40 x 11 cm (box).
Work published by Artika, in collaboration with the Chillida-Leku Foundation-Museum. This is a limited edition of 2,998 copies, numbered from I to X the first ten and from 1 to 2,988 the following ones, as stated in the notarial deed. The case has a security lock on the right side with a key of exclusive design. Two holes on the back to hang the case. Iron lever inside to lift the books.
Chillida was formed between Madrid and Paris, and held his first exhibition in the French capital in 1950. Throughout his life he received numerous prizes and awards, including the Carnegie Prize, the Rembrandt Prize, the Wolf Foundation of the Arts and the Prince of Asturias Prize for the Arts. He was also an academician of San Fernando, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Honorary of the Royal Academy of Arts of London and of the Imperial Order of Japan, and was awarded the Grand Cross for Humanitarian Merit by the Institution of the same name in Barcelona. In addition to his Chillida-Leku Museum in Hernani, he is represented in museums and collections around the world, such as the Guggenheim in Bilbao, the MOMA in New York, the Reina Sofia in Madrid, the Tate Gallery in London and the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin.