LÉGER (Fernand).
Les Constructeurs.
Paris: Falaize, [1951]. -In-8 oblong, 141x225: (15 ff. last blank), 8 ff. reproductions, illustrated cover. Paperback, lined cover. 

First edition, published on the occasion of the Fernand Léger exhibition at the Maison de la Pensée Française in Paris. It includes an unpublished text by Claude Roy, as well as a poem by Paul Éluard, faithfully reproduced in handwritten facsimile. 

The book is illustrated with eight compositions by Fernand Léger, including one in color on the front cover and seven full-page illustrations. The edition also includes nineteen black photographic reproductions, spread over eleven sheets of coated paper.

One of 250 numbered copies on Arches vellum (no. 218), accompanied by an original color lithograph by Fernand Léger, signed with the artist's initials. The lithograph depicts a still life.

A copy for Elsa Triolet and Louis Aragon, enriched by this autograph letter signed by the artist on the first leaf:

  a Elsa // a Aragon // avec mon amitié // F Léger

Minor scattered foxing. The lithograph paper is browned.
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Lot no. 93

LÉGER (Fernand). Les Constructeurs. Paris: Falaize, [1951]. -In-8 oblong, 141x225: (15 ff. last blank), 8 ff. reproductions, illustrated cover. Paperback, lined cover. First edition, published on the occasion of the Fernand Léger exhibition at the Maison de la Pensée Française in Paris. It includes an unpublished text by Claude Roy, as well as a poem by Paul Éluard, faithfully reproduced in handwritten facsimile. The book is illustrated with eight compositions by Fernand Léger, including one in color on the front cover and seven full-page illustrations. The edition also includes nineteen black photographic reproductions, spread over eleven sheets of coated paper. One of 250 numbered copies on Arches vellum (no. 218), accompanied by an original color lithograph by Fernand Léger, signed with the artist's initials. The lithograph depicts a still life. A copy for Elsa Triolet and Louis Aragon, enriched by this autograph letter signed by the artist on the first leaf: a Elsa // a Aragon // avec mon amitié // F Léger Minor scattered foxing. The lithograph paper is browned.

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€1,000 - €1,500
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Not sold
Buyer's premium
30%
LÉGER (Fernand). Les Constructeurs. Paris: Falaize, [1951]. -In-8 oblong, 141x225: (15 ff. last blank), 8 ff. reproductions, illustrated cover. Paperback, lined cover. First edition, published on the occasion of the Fernand Léger exhibition at the Maison de la Pensée Française in Paris. It includes an unpublished text by Claude Roy, as well as a poem by Paul Éluard, faithfully reproduced in handwritten facsimile. The book is illustrated with eight compositions by Fernand Léger, including one in color on the front cover and seven full-page illustrations. The edition also includes nineteen black photographic reproductions, spread over eleven sheets of coated paper. One of 250 numbered copies on Arches vellum (no. 218), accompanied by an original color lithograph by Fernand Léger, signed with the artist's initials. The lithograph depicts a still life. A copy for Elsa Triolet and Louis Aragon, enriched by this autograph letter signed by the artist on the first leaf: a Elsa // a Aragon // avec mon amitié // F Léger Minor scattered foxing. The lithograph paper is browned.
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