CHAPON (François). The Painter and the Book: The Golden Age - Lot 60

CHAPON (François). The Painter and the Book: The Golden Age of the Illustrated Book in France, 1870–1970. Paris, Flammarion, n.d. Large quarto, publisher’s binding with illustrated dust jacket. An important study by François Chapon devoted to a century of collaboration between painters, writers, and publishers in the field of the modern illustrated book. Notably examined are the collaborations between Manet and Mallarmé, Bonnard and Verlaine, Picasso and Reverdy, Derain and Apollinaire, Léger and Malraux, Miró and Tzara, and Sonia Delaunay and Cendrars. The book also devotes significant attention to Ambroise Vollard and the renewal of the artist’s book. 320 pages, 200 black-and-white illustrations, and 60 in color. ISBN 2-08-012682-X. Copy from the Somme Departmental Library, with a stamp and inventory number on the title page and a library label on the dust jacket. Dust jacket protected by plastic, with signs of wear.

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