GIACOMETTI (Alberto). Paris sans fin. Paris, Tériade, 1969. In-4° (430 x 330 mm). 150 lithographs. In sheets, with white printed and filled cover, publisher's cloth folder and slipcase. ORIGINAL EDITION of this legendary book, "one of the most beautiful books illustrated by Alberto Giacometti... consisting of an unfinished text by the artist, a sequence of 149 lithographs and an emblematic frontispiece depicting a nude woman in motion. A veritable visual narrative, the work takes the form of a succession of personal traces". (A. Coron, Le Livre et l'Artiste 1967-1976, n°118). "GIACOMETTI'S LAST TESTAMENT: The posthumous book, Paris sans fin, composed for the most part between 1957 and 1962, represents a new graphic triumph for Giacometti, the re-creation of the illuminated book....This book represents the artist's passionate witness to the place he loved most, Paris ...Paris is a beloved woman whose body explored, her every space venerated. This love is indicated by the frontispiece... The book is organized like a movie... - above all, Parisian life in outer space, the streets ; then life in internal space, the studio or various bars ; then a number of studies of models, with the scenario climaxing in that subject so rare in Giacometti, the erotic, a rather odd group orgy... ". (Lust 204-353). ISSUE OF 270 copies (250 arches num. 1-250 and 20 HC). Copy no. 7, one of 250 on Arches vellum. Prov. Artcurial sale, 20th century illustrated prints and books, 8 November 2006, no. 25. A superb copy in perfect condition.