FOUJITA (Léonard). - Lot 113

FOUJITA (Léonard). La Mésangère. [Bièvres : Pierre du Tartas, 1963]. - In-folio, 365 x 280 : (4 ff. first blank), III pp. 9-85, (3 ff. last blank), illustrated cover. In sheets, filled cover, red cloth slipcase of the publisher. Superb edition prefaced by Jean Cocteau, illustrated with 20 original lithographs signed in the plate by Léonard FOUJITA (1886-1968), including three full page, one double page and sixteen three-quarter page. Edition at 261 copies signed by the artist at the justification. ONE OF THE 41 FIRST COPIES ON NACRED JAPON, this one being one of the 30 on this paper including a suite of lithographs on Rives vellum and two silks in colors, the latter signed by Foujita. The two lithographs on silk signed are entitled Linge and L'Académie française. The latter is not included among the illustrations in the text. The copies on japon nacré are complete with 20 lithographs. The copies on vellum include 21. A very well preserved copy.