KISLING (Moïse) - GIONO (Jean). - Lot 114

KISLING (Moïse) - GIONO (Jean). Provence. S.l. Aux dépens d'un amateur, [1954]. - In-folio, 380 x 282: (1 blank page), 127 pp. (2 last blank pages), illustrated cover. Edition published by Bernard Klein, illustrated with 25 compositions by Moïse KISLING (1891-1953), including 13 in color (one on the cover and 12 full-page, including the frontispiece), and 12 in black in the text. Printed by Pierre Bouchet. A chapel copy, without the justification leaf, from the Pierre Bouchet collection. It is one of the few on Japon nacré and also includes the following items: - Color suite on japon nacré of 12 full-page compositions. - Black suite on japon nacré of the cover illustration and 12 compositions in the text. - 3 plates refused in black on japon nacré. - One unpublished plate in black on japon nacré. - Original copperplate of one of the rejected plates. A very well preserved copy, despite some foxing on the edges of a few leaves. Provenance: Pierre Bouchet.