Petrificada Petrificante. Portfolio with 8 original etchings by Antoni Tapies. 1978.

Maeght Editeur. Paris, 1978. This book is the original French edition of Petrificada Petrificante (which translates roughly to "Petrified Petrifying"), a beautifully designed artist's book that combines the work of renowned Mexican poet Octavio Paz and Catalan artist Antoni Tàpies. It includes eight original engravings in etching (including the wrapper), aquatinte and carborundum, one of which is a frontispiece signed by Tapies. The contents is loose as issued in publisher's pictorial wrappers, held within a decorated brown cloth-over-board case. Petrificada Petrificante was completed to print on October 20, 1978 on the presses of the Atelier Morsang for engravings and from the Fequet and Baudier printing house for typography. This copy is one of 125 copies, numbered 122. The book is signed by both the author and the artist on the justification page. In very good condition, with some minor scratching on the case.