[Private Press] [J. G. Daragnes] Valery, Paul, and Henri Matisse, et al
Paris 1937: presence de Paris
Paris: J. G. Daragnes, 1937 [25 June, 1938]. First edition, #81 of 200 copies for subscribers, of 500 on velin de manufactures Montgolfier. Folio. Illustrated with 31 full-page illustrations (primarily etching, one colored), and 31 vignettes at head of each sections, loose as issued; with brown paperguard sheets, lacking sheet for Matisse etching. Includes literary contributions by Paul Valery, Paul Claudel, Jules Romains, Colette, and illustrations by Henri Matisse, Georges Duhamel, Andre Derain, Raoul Dufy, Marie Laurencin, Pierre Bonnard, and Edouard Vuillard. Original creme wrappers, minor wear; in clam shell case, joints and extremities and rubbed; plates and text with minor light spotting.Issued to celebrate the Paris World Exposition of 1937. This work celebrates in texts and images many of the neighborhoods, boulevards, avenues, gardens, and other features of the Paris of 1937.
Provenance:
Private Collection, New York, NY.