Lot 456
Barbier (George) Vingt-cinq Costumes pour le Theatre, one of 25 hors-commerce copies, from an edition of 300, Paris, Camille Bloch & Jules Meynial, 1927.
Hammer Price: £1,700
Description
Barbier (George) Vingt-cinq Costumes pour le Theatre, one of 25 hors-commerce copies, from an edition of 300, ink presentation to Louis Cartier on limitation page, etched portrait frontispiece of Barbier by Charles Martin and 25 fine mounted pochoir plates of costume designs, each with captioned tissue-guard, all printed on white Arches paper and mounted on grey Arches paper, with with first state proofs of plates III and IV loosely inserted,original pictorial wrappers, upper joint split at head and foot, one corner slightly bumped, green cloth-backed board chemise and slip-case (a little worn), [Colas 218], 4to, Paris, Camille Bloch & Jules Meynial, 1927.
⁂ Exquisite work by one of the quintessential figures in Art Deco design and illustration. The designs are for Casanova, Le tapis Persane, Marion de Lorme, Madame Paulette Duval, Lysistrata and Amarylla. This copy is inscribed to the jeweller Louis Cartier.
Description
Barbier (George) Vingt-cinq Costumes pour le Theatre, one of 25 hors-commerce copies, from an edition of 300, ink presentation to Louis Cartier on limitation page, etched portrait frontispiece of Barbier by Charles Martin and 25 fine mounted pochoir plates of costume designs, each with captioned tissue-guard, all printed on white Arches paper and mounted on grey Arches paper, with with first state proofs of plates III and IV loosely inserted,original pictorial wrappers, upper joint split at head and foot, one corner slightly bumped, green cloth-backed board chemise and slip-case (a little worn), [Colas 218], 4to, Paris, Camille Bloch & Jules Meynial, 1927.
⁂ Exquisite work by one of the quintessential figures in Art Deco design and illustration. The designs are for Casanova, Le tapis Persane, Marion de Lorme, Madame Paulette Duval, Lysistrata and Amarylla. This copy is inscribed to the jeweller Louis Cartier.
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