BENOIT, Pierre (1886-1962) et Alméry LOBEL-RICHE (1877-1950) - photo 1
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BENOIT, Pierre (1886-1962) et Alméry LOBEL-RICHE (1877-1950)

Lot 79
29.10.2024 14:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 79 | BENOIT, Pierre (1886-1962) et Alméry LOBEL-RICHE (1877-1950)
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€ 2 500 – 3 500
BENOIT, Pierre (1886-1962) et Alméry LOBEL-RICHE (1877-1950)
L'Atlantide. Édition définitive illustrée de vingt-quatre eaux-fortes originales par Lobel-Riche. Paris: Albin Michel, s.d. [1922].

Exemplaire de tête avec dessin original signé et les planches de Lobel-Riche en 4 états, dans une spectaculaire reliure mosaïquée de Levitzky, représentant la reine Antinéa, l'un des personnages du récit. Carteret, Illustrés, IV, p. 69 ("belle édition très cotée, surtout en grand papier") ; Mahé, I, col. 221.

In-4 (323 x 246 mm). Tirage limité à 582 exemplaires + 10 hors-commerce, celui-ci l'un des 9 de tête sur Japon ancien à la forme, n°6, comprenant les planches en quatre états et un dessin original de l'artiste. Illustré par Lobel-Riche de 24 eaux-fortes originales (frontispice, 11 gravures hors texte et 12 têtes de chapitre), chacune en quatre états (eau-forte pure, état en noir avec remarques, état en noir sans remarques, état en couleurs avec remarques). L'exemplaire comprend aussi un grand dessin original de Lobel-Riche au fusain, signé en bas à droite, contrecollé sur Japon ancien.
Reliure signée de Georges Levitzky : maroquin brun, plats et dos mosaïqués d'un riche décor floral stylisé en maroquin de couleurs diverses, au centre du plat supérieur une femme nue émergeant d'une grande fleur, le tout mosaïqué et doré, doublures de maroquin fauve mosaïqué et doré dans l'esprit des plats, contregarde de moire brune, doubles gardes de papier marbré et pailleté d'or, couverture et dos conservés, tranches dorées sur témoins.

One of the first 9 deluxe copies on Japon ancien, comprising 25 engravings in 4 states by Lobel-Riche, one original chalk drawing signed by the artist, mounted on japon ancien in a magnificent inlaid binding by Georges Levitzky.
Artist:Almery Lobel-Riche (1877 - 1950)
Pierre Benoit (1886 - 1962)
Place of origin:France
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