Marcelle Oury / Raoul Dufy - Lettre à mon peintre Raoul Dufy - 1965

Rare numbered edition 5565 on Arjomari vellum and illustrated with 27 lithographs printed by Mourlot in black and in color, including 2 pages of manuscript facsimiles and 8 double-page plates after Raoul Dufy, Jacques Villon, Georges Braque, Marc Chagall, Dunoyer de Segonzac, Charles Lapicque -

Presented in the form of a letter addressed to the artist, Marcelle Oury’s text blends personal memories, artistic admiration, friendships, and reflections on the painter’s personality, allowing the reader to discover the man behind a work deeply marked by light, music, and movement -

Through this evocation, the path of a creator who participated in the great transformations of modern painting is outlined, from the Fauvist-related explorations to the development of a personal language based on the autonomy of color, the freedom of drawing, and the simplification of forms -

Marcelle Oury / Raoul Dufy - Letter to my painter Raoul Dufy - 1965 - Perrin -
194 pages

Very good binding condition, unbound in its full original gilt-ruled binding, under a cardboard case titled in gold on the spine and housed in a color-illustrated slipcase, author’s name in gold -

Very good interior condition, title page printed in blue and black, the work enriched with 27 lithographs printed by Mourlot in black and in color including 2 pages of manuscript facsimiles and 8 double-page plates after Raoul Dufy, Jacques Villon, Georges Braque, Marc Chagall, Dunoyer de Segonzac, Charles Lapicque, fresh inside, very good copy numbered 5565 on Arjomari vellum, clean text, interior fresh -

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