SALMON (André) - UTRILLO (Maurice). Gouaches by Utrillo. Text by André Salmon. Paris: Éditions des quatre chemins, 1925. - Album in-folio, 430 x 360 : (4 ff.), 8 plates. Leaves in grey cloth-covered publisher's cardboard folder with flaps, title label on front cover, ties. Very rare first edition of this exceptional album, featuring 8 reproductions of gouaches and pastels by Maurice Utrillo (1883-1955), painted between 1922 and 1923. These years mark the very beginning of the artist's color period, as well as the beginning of his public recognition. The works reproduced are Le Moulin de la galette sous la neige. Gouache, 1922. - Land for sale. Gouache 1923. - Place Jean-Baptiste-Clément. Gouache. - Écouen. Gouache. - A Robinson. Gouache pastel. - The Blue House. Watercolor with gouache. - The Little Castle. Gouache. - Small houses in Montmartre. Each reproduction, presented in a passe-partout folder, has been enhanced in color, offering remarkable fidelity to the originals. The album opens with a text by art critic and writer André Salmon, a friend of Utrillo's, who pays tribute to him in these terms: "In the grip of the disorder of genius, here you are master of an art that makes you the equal of the most perfect talents." Edition strictly limited to 200 copies, including 175 numbered from 26 to 200 (this one no. 146). Spotting on the label of the first cover. Black stains on the second cover. Paper tears at flap folds. Some marginal foxing on text leaves.