MONTESQUIOU FEZENSAC, Jean de (1902-1984) et Gaston HOFFMAN (1883-1977) - photo 1

MONTESQUIOU FEZENSAC, Jean de (1902-1984) et Gaston HOFFMAN (1883-1977)

Lot 149
10.05.2021 11:00UTC +01:00
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€ 2 500
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationFrance, Paris
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Lot 149 | MONTESQUIOU FEZENSAC, Jean de (1902-1984) et Gaston HOFFMAN (1883-1977)
Estimate value
€ 500 – 700
MONTESQUIOU FEZENSAC, Jean de (1902-1984) et Gaston HOFFMAN (1883-1977). Ardance ou la vallée d’automne. S.L. :E. Durand, 1946.

Magnifique reliure ardente de Georges Cretté.Exemplaire unique, sur Japon, avec de nombreux dessins, croquis et gravures originales de Hoffman.

In-4 (315 x 245 mm). « Exemplaire unique sur Japon, portant le numéro deux, imprimé spécialement pour l’auteur ». L’exemplaire comprend ainsi, de G. Hoffman  : les planches en deux états (définitif en couleurs et épreuve en bistre avec remarques), le dossier de deux illustrations avec la progression des couleurs, les croquis et les dessins originaux, 4 épreuves en couleurs avec remarques, 1 dessin original en couleurs signé, monté en tête sous passepartout, 3 gouaches originales. Plusieurs sont signés et/ou annotés par l’artiste. On trouve aussi 1 dessin original au fusain sur calque, signé Brunelleschi, et un autre au crayons de couleurs, signé Chimot. Reliure signée de Georges Cretté en maroquin aubergine avec décor sur les plats et le dos lisse de filets courbes dorés et ébène, ponctué de points dorés, et se déployant autour d’un fin ovale de maroquin brun, doublure et gardes de daim cramoisi, tranches dorées sur témoins, chemise et étui (dos de la chemise passé). Couverture et dos conservés. Provenance : l’exemplaire comprend deux lettres autographes signées : l’une de Georges Cretté concernant le paiement de la reliure, et l’autre signée « G. Gilbert », veuve du lithographe J.R. Gilbert ayant supervisé les planches, adressée à Jean de Montesquiou.

Unique copy on Japan paper, extra-illustrated with additional proofs and original sketches and drawings, in a wonderful binding by Cretté.
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