Etincelle & her books
Ariane Lancell, queen of the universe, called Etincelle by Dali – was a world renown art publisher. Celebrated for her dynamism, her generosity, her independence of spirit, her creativity she created and edited monumental art books in collaboration with the biggest artists of her time.
She developed and published such unforgettable works as “Carmilla” & “Les petites fille modèles “ with Leonor Fini; ’The Great Spirit‘’ with Antony Quinn; ‘’La Kabbale‘’ with Ernst Fuchs; ‘’Les Quatre Cavaliers de l’Apocalypse’’ with Carlos Araujo.‘ ‘’La Métamorphose de Kafka‘’ with Antonio Totero - ‘’ Les Quatre Cavaliers de l’Apocalypse’’ with Carlos Araujo - ‘’ Moïse et le Monothéisme ‘’ & ’ L’Alchimie des Philosophes ‘’ with Salvador Dali.
THE GREAT SPIRIT by Antony Quinn
The Great Spirit monumental book was inspired by Anthony Quinn’s profound feeling of connection with the American Indian and is a compendium of texts on North American Indian religious creeds, tenets, cults and symbols personally selected by him. Anthony Quinn and Ariane Lancell selected 19 original paintings to illustrate the writings: ten color drawings, one line-drawing self-portrait and eight colorful “tiles” are part of The Great Spirit book.
KABBALAH - SEFER YETSIRA AND THE THIRTY-TWO PATHS TO WISDOM
This prestigious collector’s edition of ancient sacred writings includes 36 original illustrations is presented in four languages: Hebrew - embossed in gold, French & English and German. The types used for Hebrew were engraved in 1858. They reproduce the type created by Guillaume Le Bé, used for the Bible published by Robert Estienne in 1551. There are only 297 (Kabbalistic number) copies for the world. The cover-leaf in garnet-velvet bears a gold embossed Menorah drawn & signed by ERNST FUCHS.
CARMILLA - a Gothic Novel by Leonor Fini
In collaboration with her friend, Leonor Fini created in 1983 the monumental book “CARMILLA” based on the 1872 gothic novel by the Irish writer Sheridan Le Fanu.
The story of Carmilla, a Lesbian Vampire from Steiermark, later became an example for Bram Stroker’s "Dracula".
