LAFORGE (Lucien).
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ.
By Lucien Laforge. Henri Goulet, 5, rue Lemercier. Paris. [1924]. In-4 (29,5 x 22,5 cm). In sheets, 1 double sheet of title and 26 double sheets with a stencil colored plate [folded in the English way: the fold on the edge]: wine-colored folder illustrated with two pink butterflies, illustrated mauve endpapers.

Remarkable painter's primer.
Twenty-six plates, colored with stencil, where Lucien Laforge (1889-1952) places his paintings in a vertical rectangle, titled with a name in the large midnight blue typography.
The unity of style is supported, however by the originality of the chosen themes, the extreme mastery of the composition and the set of colors always renewed, the surprise is total at each letter.
Limited edition of 520 copies, one of 495 copies on English laid paper after XXV on Japan paper, n° 96.
Skillful restoration on the back of the folder, laid paper very slightly browned and small reinforcement inside the fold of the Z.
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Lot no. 225

LAFORGE (Lucien). ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. By Lucien Laforge. Henri Goulet, 5, rue Lemercier. Paris. [1924]. In-4 (29,5 x 22,5 cm). In sheets, 1 double sheet of title and 26 double sheets with a stencil colored plate [folded in the English way: the fold on the edge]: wine-colored folder illustrated with two pink butterflies, illustrated mauve endpapers. Remarkable painter's primer. Twenty-six plates, colored with stencil, where Lucien Laforge (1889-1952) places his paintings in a vertical rectangle, titled with a name in the large midnight blue typography. The unity of style is supported, however by the originality of the chosen themes, the extreme mastery of the composition and the set of colors always renewed, the surprise is total at each letter. Limited edition of 520 copies, one of 495 copies on English laid paper after XXV on Japan paper, n° 96. Skillful restoration on the back of the folder, laid paper very slightly browned and small reinforcement inside the fold of the Z.

Estimate
€2,500 - €3,000
Result
€4,000
Buyer's premium
25%
LAFORGE (Lucien). ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. By Lucien Laforge. Henri Goulet, 5, rue Lemercier. Paris. [1924]. In-4 (29,5 x 22,5 cm). In sheets, 1 double sheet of title and 26 double sheets with a stencil colored plate [folded in the English way: the fold on the edge]: wine-colored folder illustrated with two pink butterflies, illustrated mauve endpapers. Remarkable painter's primer. Twenty-six plates, colored with stencil, where Lucien Laforge (1889-1952) places his paintings in a vertical rectangle, titled with a name in the large midnight blue typography. The unity of style is supported, however by the originality of the chosen themes, the extreme mastery of the composition and the set of colors always renewed, the surprise is total at each letter. Limited edition of 520 copies, one of 495 copies on English laid paper after XXV on Japan paper, n° 96. Skillful restoration on the back of the folder, laid paper very slightly browned and small reinforcement inside the fold of the Z.
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