KISLING (Moïse) - GIONO (Jean). - Lot 39

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KISLING (Moïse) - GIONO (Jean). - Lot 39
KISLING (Moïse) - GIONO (Jean). Provence. No place: Published at the expense of a collector, [1954]. — Folio, loose-leaf, hardcover, in the publisher’s gray cloth slipcase.Edition published by Bernard Klein, illustrated with 25 works by Moïse KISLING (1891–1953), including 13 in color (one on the cover and 12 full-page illustrations, including the frontispiece) and 12 in black and white within the text. The book was printed on Pierre Bouchet’s presses. A private collector’s copy, on Imperial Japan paper, specially printed for Madame Renée Bouchet. It is enhanced with the following features: - Black-and-white reprints on vellum of the cover illustration and the 12 illustrations in the text. - A black-and-white suite on Imperial Japan paper of the cover illustration and 15 compositions. - An unpublished black-and-white plate on Imperial Japan paper. An interesting copy, as the colophon makes no mention of any of these plates. The copy is very well preserved despite some foxing on the cover of the Japanese paper plate set. Provenance: Renée Bouchet. – Pierre Jean Mathan Collection.
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