1934 — COPY NUMBER 1 OF THIS RARE SET OF AVANT-GARDE LITHOGRAPHS BY ARTISTS FROM LYON. Complete with 25 loose lithographs by R. Bascobert, FrÈdÈric Bouvier, R. Chancrin, FrÈdÈrique Charlaix, Antoine Chartres, Pierre Combet-Descombes, Jean Couty, Venance Curnier, Pierre Deval, Emile Didier, L. FÈchant, P. Janin, Alice Kohn, Jacques Laplace, Georges Lugon, Henriette Morel, A. Marisot, Etienne Morillon, Pierre Pelloux, Robert Pernin, Philippe Pourchet, Marcel Seignobos, Pierre ThÈvenin, Georges-Albert Tresch, and Henri Vieilly. From a total edition of 300 copies, THIS IS COPY NUMBER 1, ONE OF ONLY 50 COPIES PRINTED ON FINE LAFUMA WOVE PAPER. Each lithograph measures 37.7 x 28.2 cm, and is signed in the stone. Loose as issued with bifolium featuring title-page, contents, and justification / colophon. In excellent condition, house in original folding case (in pieces). An important document concerning avant-garde art in Lyon. COMPLETE SETS ARE EXTREMELY RARE: the entire French library system doesn't have a single copy of the preferred issue on Lafuma paper. Laid in is a leaflet advertising an exhibition of "Peintres et graveurs de la Chine Revolutionnaire", printed in 1934 and also quite rare.
