Une passion dans le désert, 1949
Honoré de Balzac. Illustrations by Paul Jouve. Publisher Maxime Cottet-Dumoulin, Paris, 1949. In-4, (34 x 26 cm), in sheets, printed cover. Publisher's slipcase and folder, imitating snake skin. Limited edition of 123 copies on Arches vellum with the artist's watermark.
34 x 26 cm
Paul Jouve's illustrations include 13 full-page compositions. That is 9 full colour pages, 3 on double colour pages, and one full black page, and 54 banners. These illustrations are engraved on copper in etching, in colour by Raymond Haasen.
This copy reserved for the artist is signed by the publisher and Paul Jouve. It comes with a black suite of the 13 full-page compositions. Copy in new condition in the publisher's original presentation. No discharges or defects. The nesting and the shirt to imitate the snake skin, also in new condition which is rare. Our copy is enriched with an additional edition, the copper of the panther.
Exhibition history:
De Balzac à Paul Jouve, "Une passion dans le désert", Musée de la maison de Balzac, Paris, 4 October 2007- 6 January 2008.