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[Joan Miro; Henri
Matisse, et al.]. VERVE: Revue
artistique et litteraire. Paris: December 1937. No. 1. Quarto, original
illustrated wrappers, original glassine. $1450.
An outstanding copy in original wrappers and glassine of the first printing (preceding the English-language edition) of the first issue of Verve, with four original lithographs: L'Eau by Leger, L'Air by Miro, le Feu by Rattner & la Terre by Bores. With photography by Man Ray, Brassai, and others; text by Gide, Bataille, Garcia Lorca, Malraux, Henri Michaux, Vollard, and Cradel. The cover by Matisse was designed specially for this issue. Only the slightest wear, with some chipping to the fragile glassine. Rare in this condition. |
