Marc Chadourne / Henri Vergé-Sarrat - Vasco [1/130 sur vélin avec deux dessins originaux] - 1931

Remarkable illustrated edition of 39 color etchings, engraved on copper and hand-colored by Henri Vergé-Sarrat (1880-1966).

Limited to only 130 copies. This one, one of the 100 copies for the Members of the Company, was specially printed for Robert de Ribon (no. 44). Enriched with two original watercolors signed by the artist, not specified in the certificate.

In pages, with a green laminated cover and double cardboard slipcase (case and folder). In very good condition. Tiny tears on the edges of the cover. The case and folder are worn. Interior impeccable.

We are attaching a presentation brochure for the November 18, 1969 sale, accompanied by some black and white illustrations of watercolors and paintings by Henri Vergé Sarrat.

Vasco signs a contract with the Comptoirs Pacifique-Sud and sets out towards Polynesia. He finds, far from the paralyzed metropolis, a blank soil to catch his breath: lands before the sin...
Polynesia, in the 1920s, still appears as a mirage. After the enthusiasm, the joy of new lights, the delight of fragrant nights, Vasco does not escape disappointment before falling under the spell of a terrifying hypnosis. Confronted with a silent and cruel nature, chained by a renewed animality, Vasco is a reckless soul, without God, seeking light, burning with a fire that nothing can extinguish.

Henri Vergé-Sarrat, whose real name is Henri Vergésarrat, was a self-taught painter and engraver born on July 15, 1880, in Anderlecht (Belgium), and died on October 13, 1966, in Paris. Jules Pascin said that 'he was one of the painters who understood France best,' while Jacques Villon saw him as one of the greatest French engravers.


Marc Chadourne / Henri Vergé-Sarrat
Glass
Paris, the 'Bibliophiles de l'Amérique Latine' (Fifth volume of the collection), 1931
in-4 (29 x 23 cm); 245 pages (+ list of subscribers) + two original drawings