A. Ferdinand Herold / Paul Regnard [pseud. de Frantisek Kupka] - La Guirlande d'Aphrodite [ex. sur vélin; Reliure signée Petit] - 1923

Beautiful illustrated work under a pseudonym, after the First World War, by the great Czech artist Kupka, who was then living in France.

Includes 20 light-colored compositions by Kupka, including the cover, the double-page title, 8 full-page works, and 9 headers, engraved on wood by E. Gaspérini.

Copy of a choice edition bound in a beautiful binding signed by Petit in half burnt orange morocco with corner tips, spine with raised bands decorated with the title in gold lettering, gilt top. Covers and spine preserved. In excellent condition. Solid and clean binding, impeccable interior.

Limited edition of 600 numbered copies, this one being number 274 out of 500 on vat-debossed vellum paper.

Enriched with an original unsigned drawing created with ink and watercolor (see photos).

André Ferdinand Herold. French poet, born in Paris in 1865, student of the school of Chartres and the School of Higher Studies, collaborated with numerous reviews. A delicate, elegant, and tender poet, he published lyrical collections.

František Kupka, also known as François Kupka, born in Opočno (Kingdom of Bohemia) on September 23, 1871, and died in Puteaux (Hauts-de-Seine) on June 24, 1957, was a Czech painter among the pioneers of abstraction.

Herold (A. Ferdinand) / Kupka
The Garland of Aphrodite. Illustrated by Paul Regnard [pseudonym of Frantisek Kupka]
Paris, Piazza, Coll. 'Light from the East', 1923
in-8 (24 x 16.5 cm); 190 pages. 2 unnumbered pages.