Touchagues / Marcel Aymé - Femmes et Modèles - 1944

A compelling edition, justified 423/1000, and illustrated with eight drawings in the text, followed by 20 full-page plates and hors-texte -

This illustrated work blends the graphic creation of painter and draughtsman Touchagues with the lively, ironic, and often satirical writing of Marcel Aymé -

The work belongs to the tradition of art books devoted to the representation of women, but it distinguishes itself through the dialogue between images and texts, which do not merely seek to describe models but to build around them a gallery of characters, attitudes, silhouettes, and situations -

Touchagues, an artist renowned for his elegant, spontaneous, and sensual drawing, places the female figure at the center, observing her in her different attitudes, expressions, postures and her relation to the artist’s gaze -

Touchagues / Marcel Aymé - Women and Models - 1944 - Les Éditions Denoël -

Approximately 10 pages for the study of Marcel Aymé (1902-1967, writer), including eight drawings in the text, followed by 20 full-page plates and hors-texte.

Good binding condition, the work in its full publisher’s cover gilt, stains and signs of use, some minor defects on the cover, smooth spine, boards nicely ornamented with color decorations -

Good interior condition, scattered foxing, title page printed in red and black, work including eight drawings in the text, followed by 20 full-page plates and hors-texte, justified 423/1000, a pleasing exemplar -

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