ART THEATRE - Lot 167

ART THEATRE No. 1, Friday, January 15, 1891 (3rd year); No. 2, n.d. [March 20, 1891]; no. 3, n.d. [May 21, 1891]; then Programmes du Théâtre d'Art: Programme de la 1ère représentation de la saison 1891-1892 (8 p.); Programme de la 2e représentation de la saison 1891-1892; Programme des représentations des 28 et 30 mars 1892 (4 p.); Programme des représentations pour une saison prochaine (1 f.). Paris, Director: Paul Fort. Texts by G. Albert Aurier, Marcel Collière, Tristan Corbière, Remy de Gourmont, Gustave Kahn, Jules Laforgue, Maurice Maeterlinck, Stéphane Mallarmé, Camille Mauclair, Jules Méry, Jean Moréas, Charles Morice, Pierre Quillard, Rachilde, Henri de Régnier, Adolphe Retté, Arthur Rimbaud, Paul Roinard, Saint-Pol Roux, Paul Verlaine, etc. Illustrations by Anquetin, Pierre Bonnard, Maurice Denis, David Estoppey, Paul Gaugin, Manet, Paul Ranson, Odilon Redon, Paul Sérusier, Vuillard, etc. No. 1 (dated 3rd year) is in fact the 1st issue of the 1st year of Théâtre d'Art, which was the former Théâtre Mixte, which did not have a journal. Becomes Le Livre d'art : LE LIVRE D'ART Following the Théâtre d'Art programs N° 1, May 1892-n° 2/3, June-15 August 1892. Asnières, Director: Paul Fort. Texts by G. Albert Aurier, Jules Bois, Édouard Dubus, Remy de Gourmont, A.-Ferdinand Herold, Charles-Henry Hirsch, Charles Morice, Pierre Quillard, Rachilde, Paul-Napoléon Roinard, Saint-Pol Roux, etc. Illustrations by Émile Bernard, Pierre Bonnard, Daumier, Maurice Denis, Filiger, Paul Gauguin, Henry de Groux, Paul Ranson, Odilon Redon, Paul Sérusier, Vincent Van Gogh, Jan Verkade, Vuillard. Handwritten notes by Vasseur (4 ff.). Enclosed: - Portrait of Paul Fort by Jean Veber (1892); - 1 L.A.S. from Tola Dorian: she has decided to reschedule "Axel's Recitation" and reopen the Théâtre d'art with Pelléas; - 1 calling card from Camille Mauclair with a few handwritten lines: he is delighted with Tola Dorian's decision; - 1 L.A.S. from Lugné-Poe (15 ff.). from Lugné-Poe (May 15, 1891) to Édouard Dujardin: he hopes that "L'Intruse" has been a success and will perform L'Aïeul; - 1 subscription form for the performance in aid of Verlaine and Gauguin; - 1 subscription form for Le Livre d'art and a subscription form for the deluxe copies of no. 2 of Le Livre d'art; - 3 press articles on the Théâtre d'Art and Paul Fort. These two titles are bound together in 1 vol. in-folio.