Contrôleur de l’ennui

Artwork details

Artist

Jules Pascin

Title

Contrôleur de l'ennui

Description

Pierre Humbourg.
Contrôleur de l'ennui.
Marseille and Paris: Cahiers du Sud, 1925.

First edition of this amusing collection of light verse about travel, one of fifty numbered copies printed on Chiffon de Moirans wove paper. A UNIQUE COPY, ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT WITH ASTONISHING ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY JULES PASCIN, EXECUTED WITH A MATCH AND A NAIL. The drawings--lively, funny, and extremely irreverent, and yet entirely relevant to the poems they illustrate--reveal Pascin to be at the height of his powers. At the end, a note in Pascin's hand: "à Pierre Humbourg / ces dessins faits / avec un clou / et une allumette / Pascin". Large 12mo. Original printed blue wraps. ENTIRELY UNCUT, with large margins. FINE AND BRIGHT. Unique, important, and absolutely stunning.

Date

1925

Medium

Book

Signature

Signed

Sheet

21 x 15 cm

Status

Available

Price

€12,500.00