[COPY ENRICHED WITH 3 ORIGINAL DRAWINGS].... - Lot 324 - Marie-Saint Germain

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[COPY ENRICHED WITH 3 ORIGINAL DRAWINGS].... - Lot 324 - Marie-Saint Germain
[COPY ENRICHED WITH 3 ORIGINAL DRAWINGS]. Guillaume APOLLINAIRE - Mario PRASSINOS. Le Cortège priapique [circa 1948]. In-4 in sheets of 11 ff, half havana morocco with band, smooth spine, titled in gold on the spine, gilt head, cover and spine kept (period binding). Illustrated with 16 original etchings printed in bistre by Mario Prassinos. "It has been printed 150 copies of this work on paper pur fil du marais in the format in-octavo grape and illustrated with etchings." One of ten copies marked A to J including a suite of illustrations printed in pink on black paper, a suite of illustrations on Japon paper and an original drawing; Copy H. This volume contains 2 leaves with drawings in blue ink by Prassinos signed and dated 48. Another leaf with sketches (rebus?) in black ink. Limited edition of 160 copies on pur fil du Marais, actually a vellum of Arches according to Dutel, of which 30 with suites. Dutel specifies: "One of the 10 first copies (ex. H, in havane half-maroquin) with a suite in pink on black paper, a suite on Japon and an original drawing was in my library. I had enriched it with 2 important original free pen drawings by Prassinos, signed and dated 48." This is indeed this copy. Pia 278. Dutel 1304. Provenance: Jean-Pierre Dutel Library.
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