Wildenstein, DanielLivre Rare Book
LE SOURIRE DE PAUL GAUGUIN
1952réf. 53696Paris: Editions G-P. Maisonneuve et Max Besson 1952. Limited edition. Softcover. Very good minus. Limited edition. Softcover. Folio. 24 pp. Introduction in French. Facsimile set of Gauguin's monthly magazine nine issues complete plus 5 leaves of facsimile woodcuts. Number 619 of 1000 copies. Unbound in publisher's portfolio. Linen portfolio folder has Tahitian stencil design with mounted woodcut title. Portfolio folder has scuffing light soiling and rubbing to edges. Interior folder has foxing but prints and text are clean. "Le Sourire was a monthly periodical published by the French artist Paul Gauguin. The editions contained satirical copy with one of his woodcuts used for the header. A total of nine editions were printed during August 1899 and April 1900 between his stays in Tahiti and the Marquesas Islands."-wikipedia. Editions G-P. Maisonneuve et Max Besson unknown
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