Legrand Louis Auguste Mathieu (3 results)

leather_bound. [243, [1] pp., [5 ff.]. 23.5 x 18.5 cm. Limited edition copy 52 of an edition of 80, this with one of the 30 suites of designs reproduced in the text, a partial suite of the eaux-fortes, an original signed pastel and ink design from Verlaine's Printemps, and ink sketches for the rose design in La Rose-The and the skeleton from Cauchemar. 30 etched vignettes and 77 process-printed designs in-text. CARTERET, IV, p. 237). RAY. THE ART OF THE FRENCH BOOK. 346. "Of particular interest is his treatment of 'L'Apr?s-midi d'un faune.' As profuse with his designs as Manet was niggardly, Legrand offers a far more palpable rendering of Mallarm?'s poem. . This unified and carefully prepared work of his maturity . vies with Le livre d'heures de Louis Legrand for the title of his best book." The text contains poems by Baudelaire, Verlaine, Rimbaud, Mallarme, Daudet and others. Raised bands, cover interiors front and back with elegant designs, marbled endpapers. Exquisite production. Full brown morocco by J. & A. Langrand (1924), front cover and spine title lettered in gilt. Aeg. Fine in fine felt lined marble slipcase.…

Condition: parfait état. LEGRAND Louis Auguste Mathieu 1908 Une Gravure originale à l'Eau-forte, aquatinte et pointe sèche en noir (Etching, aquatint and drypoint), Format (cuvette) : 287 x 427 mm. Arwas 364. état définitif Numérotée 76/100, signée en bas à droite à la mine de plomb puis timbrée par l'éditeur G. Pellet (Lugt 1190). Toutes marges, sans date (1908) parfait état Peintre et dessinateur. Né à Dijon, mort à Livry-Gargan. Elève de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, puis de Rops à Paris. Il illustra différents journaux au début de sa carrière. Actif à Dijon et à Paris.SUPERBE.en parfait état (very good condition).…

Condition: Matted. Fine. Signed both in-print and in autograph pencil at lower right, with circular red printer's mark. 8-1/2 x 14 1/4 inches. This original impression of Legrand's "Le Deshabillage," from his 1893 Les Petites du Ballet series, is signed twice by him: once in autograph pencil in the lower right margin, as well as in-print at lower left. It was created in Paris by publisher Gustave Pellet, whose small red stamp appears below the lower right corner of the print. Legrand's work was often compared to that of his contemporaries, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Edgar Degas, a similarity particularly apparent in this fine etching. Signed both in-print and in autograph pencil at lower right, with circular red printer's mark. 8-1/2 x 14 1/4 inches. Signed.…