Derrière le Miroir (, ) is a French art magazine created in 1946 and published until 1982. Art galleries, auction houses and booksellers often refer to this art magazine simply as D.L.M. or DLM. Aimé Maeght is the founder, editor and publisher.
History
In October 1945, the French art dealer Aimé Maeght opened his art gallery at 13 Rue de Téhéran in Paris. The opening of the gallery coincided with the end of World War II and the return of a number of exiled artists back to France. The magazine was created in October 1946 (nð1) and published without interruption until 1982 (nð253). Its original articles and illustrations (mainly original color lithographs by the gallery artists) were famous at the time. The magazine covered only the artists exhibited by Maeght gallery either through personal or group exhibitions. Among them are: Henri-Georges Adam, Pierre Alechinsky, Bacon, Jean Bazaine, Georges Braque, Pol Bury, Alexander Calder, Marc Chagall, Roger Chastel, Eduardo Chillida, Alberto Giacometti, Vassily Kandinsky, Ellsworth Kelly, Fernand Léger, Lindner, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Jacques Monory, Pablo Palazuelo, Paul Rebeyrolle, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Saul Steinberg, Pierre Tal-Coat, Antoni Tàpies, Raoul Ubac, Bram van Velde.
Among the authors publishing essays and poems are (in alphabetical order): Guillaume Apollinaire, Marcel Arland, , Yves Bonnefoy, André du Bouchet, André Breton, Joan Brossa, Jean Cassou, René Char, , Jacques Dupin, Georges Duthuit, , Claude Esteban, Charles Estienne, André Frénaud, , Jean Grenier, Marcel Jouhandeau, , Michel Leiris, Georges Limbour, , Jean Paulhan, Gaëtan Picon, Francis Ponge, Jacques Prévert, Raymond Queneau, Pierre Reverdy, Michel Seuphor, Jean Tardieu, Lionello Venturi, Pierre Volboudt, Christian Zervos.
Following the death of Aimé Maeght in September 1981, the Derrière le Miroir nð250 was designed as a tribute to the work of Aimé Maeght and his wife Marguerite (who had died before him in 1977). This special 112-pages issue was named "Hommage àAimé et Marguerite Maeght" and was intended to be the last one. As it summarised all contents of the previous issues, it was finalised only in August 1982. In the meantime, nð 251 to 253 (the very last number) were published respectively in February, May and June 1982.
Numbering system and identification
Although the issue numbers go from nð1 to nð253, only 200 issues were published. From the 200 issues, 157 were single issues, 33 are double-issue (nð11âÂÂ12 Bram et Geer van Velde, nð14âÂÂ15 Joan Miró,...) and 10 triple issues (nð36-37-38 Sur quatre murs, nð57-58-59 Miró,...)
For the issue identification:
- The first 6 issues (December 1946 to November 1947) show no printed issue number.
- The issue nð 7 (February 1948) is the first one showing an issue number (on the cover page).
- From issue nð23 (OctoberâÂÂNovember 1949), the issue numbers appear in the internal pages (mainly on the back side of the last cover).
- All issues from nð213 (March 1975) to the last one (nð253) display an ISBN.
List of the 200 issues with titles (per year)
Source:
Year 1946âÂÂ1947: nð1 â nð6
- nð1 Le noir est une couleur
- nð2 Sur 4 murs (On Four Walls)
- nð3 Rigaud
- nð4 G. Braque
- nð5 Les mains éblouies (The Dazzled Hands)
- nð6 Baya
Year 1948: nð7 â nð14âÂÂ15
Year 1949: nð16 â nð24
Year 1950: nð25âÂÂ26 â nð34
- nð25âÂÂ26 G. Braque
- nð27âÂÂ28 Chagall
- nð29âÂÂ30 Miró
- nð31 Calder
- nð32 Les mains éblouies (The Dazzled Hands)
- nð33 Arp
- nð34 Raoul Ubac
Year 1951: nð35 â nð42
Year 1952: nð43 â nð51
- nð43 Bram van Velde
- nð44âÂÂ45 Chagall
- nð46âÂÂ47 Matisse
- nð48âÂÂ49 G. Braque
- nð50 Tendance Octobre 1952 (Trends October 1952)
- nð51 Geer van Velde
Year 1953: nð52 â nð60âÂÂ61
- nð52 Lam
- nð53âÂÂ54 Steinberg 1953
- nð55âÂÂ56 Bazaine
- nð57-58-59 Miró
- nð60âÂÂ61 Kandinsky
Year 1954: nð62âÂÂ63 â nð71âÂÂ72
- nð62âÂÂ63 Dessins indiens du Tumuc-Humac (Drawings by the Aboriginal Tumuc-Humac people)
- nð64 Tal-Coat
- nð65 Giacometti
- nð66-67-68 Marc Chagall: Paris
- nð69âÂÂ70 Calder
- nð71âÂÂ72 G. Braque
Year 1955: nð73 â nð79-80-81
- nð73 Palazuelo 55
- nð74-75-76 Raoul Ubac
- nð77âÂÂ78 Kandinsky: Période dramatique 1910âÂÂ1920 (Kandinsky: Dramatic Period: 1910âÂÂ1920)
- nð79-80-81 F. Léger
Year 1956: nð82-83-84 â nð92âÂÂ93
- nð82-83-84 Tal-Coat
- nð85âÂÂ86 Braque
- nð87-88-89 Miró â Artigas
- nð90âÂÂ91 Chillida
- nð92âÂÂ93 10 ans d'éditions: 1946âÂÂ1956
Year 1957: nð94âÂÂ95 â nð101-102-103
- nð94âÂÂ95 Derain
- nð96âÂÂ97 Bazaine
- nð98 Alberto Giacometti
- nð99âÂÂ100 Chagall
- nð101-102-103 Kandinsky
Year 1958: nð104 â nð111
- nð104 Palazuelo
- nð105âÂÂ106 Ubac
- nð107-108-109 Sur 4 murs (On Four Walls)
- nð110 Kelly
- nð111 Derain
Year 1959: nð112 â nð117
- nð112 Editions Maeght 1958 (Maeght Editions 1958)
- nð113 Calder
- nð114 Tal-Coat
- nð115 G. Braque
- nð116 Fiedler
- nð117 Maeght Editeur 1959 (Maeght Editor 1959)
Year 1960: nð118 â nð121âÂÂ122
- nð118 Kandinsky: 1921âÂÂ1927
- nð119 Poètes, Peintres Sculpteurs (Poets, Painters, Sculptors)
- nð120 Tal-Coat: Dessins d'Aix 1947âÂÂ1950 (Tal-Coat: Drawings from his time in Aix-en Provence 1947âÂÂ1950)
- nð121âÂÂ122 Maeght Editeur 1960 (Maeght Editor 1959)
Year 1961: nð123 â nð130
- nð123 Miró: Céramiques Murales pour Harvard (Miró: The Ceramic Mural for Harvard)
- nð124 Chillida
- nð125âÂÂ126 Miró
- nð127 Giacometti
- nð128 Miró: Peintures murales (Miró: Wall paintings)
- nð129 F. Fiedler
- nð130 Ubac
Year 1962: nð131 â nð135âÂÂ136
Year 1963: nð137 â nð141
- nð137 Palazuelo
- nð138 Georges Braque: Papiers collés 1912âÂÂ1914
- nð139âÂÂ140 Miró â Artigas
- nð141 Calder
Year 1964: nð142 â nð149
Year 1965: nð150 â nð155
- nð150 5 peintres et 1 sculpteur (5 painters and 1 sculptor)
- nð151âÂÂ152 Miró: Cartons
- nð153 Tal-Coat
- nð154 Kandinsky: Bauhaus de Dessau 1927âÂÂ1933
- nð155 Fondation Maeght
Year 1966: nð156 â nð162
Year 1967: nð163 â nð169
- nð163 Rebeyrolle
- nð164âÂÂ165 Miró: l'oiseau solaire, l'oiseau lunaire, étincelles (Miró: Solar bird, Lunar bird, Sparks)
- nð166 Georges Braque: derniers messages ('Georges Braque: last messages)
- nð167 François Fiedler
- nð168 Tàpies
- nð169 Aquarelles, album femmes, Hai-ku (Watercolours, Portfolio Women, Haiku)
Year 1968: nð170 â nð175
- nð170 Bazaine
- nð171 Riopelle
- nð172 Kemény
- nð173 Calder
- nð174 Chillida
- nð175 Tàpies
Year 1969: nð176 â nð182
- nð176 '
- nð177 Rebeyrolle
- nð178 Pol Bury
- nð179 Kandinsky: Période parisienne 1934âÂÂ1944 (Kandinsky: The Parisien Period 1934âÂÂ1944)
- nð180 Tàpies
- nð181 Artigas
- nð182 Chagall
Year 1970: nð183 â nð189
- nð183 Chillida
- nð184 Palazuelo
- nð185 Riopelle 70
- nð186 Miró: sculptures
- nð187 Rebeyrolle
- nð188 Adami
- nð189 '
Year 1971: nð190 â nð195
- nð190 Calder
- nð191 Pol Bury
- nð192 Steinberg
- nð193âÂÂ194 Miró: peintures sur papiers, dessins (Miró: paintings on papers, drawings)
- nð195 Maeght éditeur (Maeght Editor)
Year 1972: nð196 â nð200
- nð196 Ubac
- nð197 Bazaine
- nð198 Chagall
- nð199 Tal-Coat
- nð200 Tàpies: objets et grands formats (Tàpies: objects and large formats)
Year 1973: nð201 â nð206
- nð201 Calder
- nð202 Rebeyrolle
- nð203 Miró
- nð204 Chillida
- nð205 Steinberg 73
- nð206 Adami
Year 1974: nð207 â nð211
- nð207 Cinq livres gravés
- nð208 Riopelle 74
- nð209 Pol Bury: sculptures àcordes
- nð210 Tàpies: monotypes
- nð211 Fiedler
Year 1975: nð212 â nð216
- nð212 Calder
- nð213 Garache,
- nð214 Adami,
- nð215 Bazaine,
- nð216 Bram van Velde,
Year 1976: nð217 â nð221
- nð217 Monory,
- nð218 Riopelle 76,
- nð219 Rebeyrolle: natures mortes et pouvoir, (Rebeyrolle: Still lifes and power),
- nð220 Adami,
- nð221 Calder,
Year 1977: nð222 â nð226
- nð222 Garache,
- nð223 Arakawa,
- nð224 Steinberg,
- nð225 Chagall,
- nð226 Lindner,
Year 1978: nð227 â nð231
- nð227 Monory,
- nð228 Pol Bury,
- nð229 Palazuelo,
- nð230 : suite Narwa,
- nð231 Miró,
Year 1979: nð232 â nð236
- nð232 Riopelle,
- nð233 Alberto Giacometti': Les murs de l'atelier et de la chambre (Alberto Giacometti: The Walls from his Studio and from his Bedroom),
- nð234 Tàpies,
- nð235 Marc Chagall,
- nð236 Kienholz,
Year 1980: nð237 â nð242
- nð237 Garache,
- nð238 Klapheck,
- nð239 Adami,
- nð240 Bram van Velde,
- nð241 Lindner-Steinberg,
- nð242 Chillida,
Year 1981: nð243 â nð249
- nð243 Gérard Titus-Carmel,
- nð244 Monory,
- nð245 Noguchi: granits, basaltes, obsidiennes (Noguchi: granites, basalts, obsidians),
- nð246 Chagall: lithographies originales (Chagall: Original lithographs),
- nð247 Alechinsky,
- nð248 Calder,
- nð249 Takis,
Year 1982: nð250 â nð253
Deluxe editions
From the 200 issues, 98 were also published in a deluxe edition (in French: "éditions de tête") on heavy paper such as chiffon de la Dore, chiffon de Mandeure, vélin d'Arches, vélin de Lana ou vélin de Rives. The majority of the deluxe editions were signed by the artist on the justification page.
The deluxe editions are normally limited to 150 numbered copies (and a few hors commerce), excepting for the following issues:
- nð14âÂÂ15 Joan Miró: 100 deluxe copies, numbered and signed on the justification page.
- nð66-67-68 Marc Chagall: Paris: 50 deluxe copies, numbered and signed on the justification page.
- nð144-145-146 Hommage àGeorges Braque: 350 deluxe copies numbered only.
- nð158âÂÂ159 Autour de la Revue Blanche, 250 deluxe copies numbered only.
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