Alternance. With 16 etchings by Matisse, Laurencin, Cocteau, Lhote, Villon and others

Paul Eluard and others. Paris, Le Gerbier, 1946. One of 262 copies in Rives BFK numbered, from a total edition of 340 copies. The portfolio, loose as issued, is guarded in the original chemise, slipcase, and cloth clamshell box. This edition presents a collection of 16 etchings, one of which Matisse signed and dated in plate, by Marie Laurencin, Cocteau, Valentine Hugo, Lhote, Villon, Dignimont and others, alternating with unedited texts by eminent writers: Eluard, Giraudoux, Cassou, Ribemont-Dessaignes, Jacob and others. Ref: Duthuit books 12
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