LAURENCIN (Marie) - DIAGHILEW (Serge de). The Deer. - Lot 242

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LAURENCIN (Marie) - DIAGHILEW (Serge de). The Deer. - Lot 242
LAURENCIN (Marie) - DIAGHILEW (Serge de). The Deer. Paris: Quatre chemins, 1924. - 2 volumes in-4, 279 x 241: (19 ff. 2 first and 2 last blanks), 17 plates, illustrated cover; portrait, (9 ff. 2 first and 2 last blanks), 23 plates, illustrated cover. Beige box for the first volume and half beige box with corners for the second, shell cameo representing an antique scene with a young woman facing a cherub inlaid in the first dish of the first volume, smooth spines, golden heads, untrimmed, covers and spine preserved, under flatback boxing and beige box corners (Marie-Josée Guian). Very beautiful work devoted to the ballet Les Biches by Bronislava Nijinska created on January 6, 1924 by Serge de Diaghilev's Russian ballets to the music of Francis Poulenc and with sets and costumes designed by Marie Laurencin. This publication, with a print run of 335 copies, is divided into 2 parts, each with a beautiful cover illustrated by Marie LAURENCIN (1883-1956). The first contains a portrait of Nijinska from a drawing by Jean COCTEAU, an article by Jean COCTEAU, a portrait of Francis Poulenc from Marie Laurencin, an article by Darius Milhaud, a reproduction of Poulenc's score and 14 colour reproductions of drawings and paintings by Marie LAURENCIN. The second part is devoted to stage direction and includes a photographic portrait of Marie Laurencin based on a photograph by Man Ray and 23 photographs by Georges Detaille depicting the various artists in the ballet. One of the first 60 copies on vellum from Holland van Gelder, this one enriched with a letter from Marie Laurencin to her friend Corah : A ma chère Corah // bien affectueuxusement // her friend // Marie LaurencinThis letter appears on the sheet preceding the continuation of the 14 drawings and paintings of Marie Laurencin. Very beautiful copy, entirely mounted on tabs, in a binding by Marie-Josée Guian who inlaid a very pretty shell c
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