Dufy raoul

1926 · 134245 — Paris: Au Sans Pareil 1926. A reflection of the close working relationship between Dufy and Apollinaire First Dufy edition number 113 of 380 copies printed on Montgolfier d'Annonay paper from a total edition of 450. "Dufy again paid tribute to Apollinaire. by illustrating one of his major pieces of prose fiction. Le Poète Assassiné was originally a book of short stories which took its title from its opening novella. Dufy had attended the launch party for the book organized by Paul Dermée and Juan Gris at the Palais d'Orléans in Montparnasse on New Year's Eve 1916. In 1924 the Sans Pareil publishing house reportedly invited Picasso to illustrate a new edition of the story but once again two years later it was Dufy who took on the job. The closeness of the working relationship between Dufy and Apollinaire is reflected thematically in the collector's edition of Apollinaire's Le Poète Assassiné produced in 1926 10 years after initial publication of the work and eight years after the poet's death" Brown pp. 4 and 24. Quarto 285 x 224 mm. 18 full-page and 18 smaller lithographs by Raoul Dufy. Later morocco halved diagonally into red and black fields lettered in white on spine and front cover untrimmed. Contemporary bookplate of "J.A. -B.E. Dunbar". Sometime furbished lettering clumsily retouched light wear to extremities spine ends chipped hinges tender occasional faint toning; a very good copy in an interesting binding Apollinaire's name misspelled on the front cover. Artist and the Book in France 92; Carteret IV 46; for a full discussion of Dufy's illustrations see Kathryn Brown ed. The Art Book Tradition in Twentieth-Century Europe Routledge 2013. unknown