Léopold SURVAGE (1879-1968). P.A.S. on: Guillaume APOLLINAIR - Lot 87

Léopold SURVAGE (1879-1968). P.A.S. on: Guillaume APOLLINAIRE. Paintings by Léopold Survage. Drawings and watercolors by Irène Lagut. First "Soirées de Paris" exhibition. Catalog with two Prefaces by Guillaume Apollinaire. Chez Madame Bongard, 5, Rue de Penthièvre, January 21-31, 1917 (Imp. Union, [1917]). Folding leaflet in-8 (28,5x19,2cm) of 8p. First edition of the catalog for the first Soirées de Paris exhibition. Catalog entirely written by Apollinaire, with two prefaces and twelve unpublished calligrams, the latter reproduced in facsimile. In the margins of the title page, Survage wrote this testimonial: "In 1917, when Apollinaire arrived from the front - wounded - he organized an exhibition for me at Madame Bongard's. Naturally, all the Cubists were there. Naturally, all the Cubists came. - I was stunned, because it was the opposite of what they were doing. Juan Gris was the only one to say "He's blocked a corner for us". They all left without saying goodbye. A few years later, they abandoned "cubism" (plastic analysis) and embarked on fantasies! Léopold Survage".