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Teriade, E., Director.
VERVE. THE FRENCH REVIEW OF ART.NO. 8, VOL 2.
Paris: Verve, 1940. Hardcover. First Edition. 78 pp. Color ills, incl. Matisse cover. Periodical in wraps has been privately bound in tan cloth with leather title block on spine, gilt lettering. Title block scraped. Cover a bit soiled. Pasted on t.p. is the following anncmt: "This issue of VERVE was completed just a few days before the occupation on France. Extraordinary difficulties and extremely high expenses were incurred in order to bring copies to America. In spite of the greatest efforts and sacrifices, more than half of the edition has been lost..."because of...the small number of copies which eventually reached this country it has been necessary to establish a price of $3.50 for this issue." A beautiful issue of poetry, essays, articles, and stunning artwork, including tipped-in ills; a two-page print of Bonnard's Sunset on the Mediterranean. Another two-page ill. is Leger's Skyscape. A calendar features drawings, titles and signs by Andre Derain, plus small, exquisite tipped-in color & gilt ills. of Charles D'Angouleme (Bibliotheque Nationale Fifteenth Century). Very Good.
[Book #6345]
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Teriade, E., Director.
VERVE. THE FRENCH REVIEW OF ART.NO. 8, VOL 2.
Paris: Verve, 1940. Wraps. First Edition. 78 pp. Color ills, incl. Matisse cover. Periodical in black wraps with color flower design by Matisse. Pasted on t.p. is the following anncmt: "This issue of VERVE was completed just a few days before the occupation on France. Extraordinary difficulties and extremely high expenses were incurred in order to bring copies to America. In spite of the greatest efforts and sacrifices, more than half of the edition has been lost..."because of...the small number of copies which eventually reached this country it has been necessary to establish a price of $3.50 for this issue." A beautiful issue of poetry, essays, articles, and stunning artwork, including tipped-in ills; a two-page print of Bonnard's Sunset on the Mediterranean. Another two-page ill. is Leger's Skyscape. A calendar features drawings, titles and signs by Andre Derain, plus small, exquisite tipped-in color & gilt ills. of Charles D'Angouleme (Bibliotheque Nationale Fifteenth Century). Very Good.
[Book #11684]
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