Paul Valéry
Degas, Danse, Dessin. Paris, A. Vollard 1936.

"A poetic, fragmentary image of the painter's personality and his art, and a kind of meditation on the creative process." (Ausst.-Kat. Musée d'Orsay 2017)

1 von 305 numerierten Exemplaren auf Vélin de Rives. - "In order to reproduce these compositions of Degas, I had to find an artist capable of fathoming the sensitiveness of his drawing, the subtlety of his tone. I turned to Maurice Potin, who accomplished wonders. He spared neither time nor trouble. To reproduce a certain monotype, even in black, as many as three copper plates had to be engraved." (A. Vollard in Johnson S. 78)

EINBAND: Lose Lagen in Orig.-Broschur. 33,5 : 26 cm. - ILLUSTRATION: Mit 26 überwiegend farbigen ganzseitigen Kupfertafeln von Maurice Potin nach Edgar Degas, zahlreichen Textabbildungen sowie einem gestochenen Tafelverzeichnis. - ZUSTAND: 2 Seiten in den Vorstücken mit deutl. Klebespuren. - PROVENIENZ: Mit Wappen-Exlibris der Bibliothek C. Verheyden de Lancey.

LITERATUR: Monod 10872. - Johnson 43. - Carteret 4, 385. - Skira 57.

"A poetic, fragmentary image of the painter's personality and his art, and a kind of meditation on the creative process." (Ex. cat. Musée d'Orsay 2017). 1 of 305 numbered copies on wove paper by Rives. Loose sheets in orig. wrappers. With 26 full-page copper plates, most of them in colors, by Maurice Potin after Edgar Degas, numerous illustrations in the text and an engraved index of plates. - 2 preliminary pages with clear traces of glue. With armorial bookplate of the library of C. Verheyden de Lancey.