Auguste Clot 1858 1936 Printer (1 results)

Condition: Good. 4to. 24.5 x 30cm. [10]. 294, [4]pp.Original wraps in a contemporary half calf chemise with marbled boards in a matching slipcase, repaired. One of 250 numbered copies.Francis Bouvet, The Complete Graphic Work, no. 75; Luc Monod, Manuel., no. 7262; François Chapon, Le Peintre et le livre, pp. 67-68 -- The Artist & the Book 28 -- Rauch 22; OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:54167315.One of the most famous modern illustrated books - copy on hollande paper. Seduced by his first collaboration with Pierre Bonnard on Parallel by Verlaine (1900), Ambroise Vollard commissioned a second one from him, these Pastorales. Where Parallel, with its daring layout and the choice of printing the lithographs in pink, had been disconcerting, the layout of this second book is more classical, the illustration being clearly separated from the text. However, at the time of its publication, it remained "shunned by bibliophiles, who for a long time refused to see it as an appropriate illustration technique for luxury books because it was considered too commercial, even vulgar" (Limited edition. Vollard, Petiet et l'estampe de maîtres, pp. 44-45). .This judgment has largely been revised by their successors, and the work is today considered one of the greatest successes of the illustrated book. Carteret, Illustrés IV, p. 242: a beautiful work, highly sought after and highly rated. One of the greatest stars of modern books. ; « Like Bonnard's earlier lithographs for Parallèlement and Manet's for Le Corbeau, these subtle plates had little appeal in 1902 for a public that preferred the sharply defined realism of the professional engraver.The book is today considered one of the finest of its period". (The Artist and the Book, n°28) ; Mahé, II, col. 695 ; Mornand, Vingt-deux artistes du livre, pp. 45-46 ("Daphnis et Chloé fut pour Bonnard l'occasion de montrer toute la souplesse de son talent, non seulement par la pureté du style bien antique des personnages, mais par le caractère des paysages essentiellement grecs").…