four black and white drawings of a man and woman walking down a streetpetittes images de la curree, from parisa close up of a book with a black and white coveran open book with a black and white title on ita close up of a page of a book with a picture on ita close up of a document with a picture of a person on itdrawing of a man and a woman walking down a streetdrawing of two women with a watering can and a watering candrawing of a man and a woman standing in front of a buildingdrawing of a man standing in front of a building with a horse in front of ita black and white drawing of people in a storedrawing of a man standing in front of a building with a clock towerdrawing of a man and woman standing in front of a buildingdrawing of three men in suits and hats standing on a city streetdrawing of a man standing in front of a tent with a drawing on it
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59 - Jean-Émile Laboureur (1877–1943)
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Estimate €800 - €1,000
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Jean-Émile Laboureur (1877–1943) Small illustrations of the war on the British front. Paris, Vernant, 1916. A booklet, 235 x 290 mm, containing 9 chiselled engravings (Laboureur 144–152), preceded by a ‘Letter on the spectacles of war’ by Roger Allard. Very fine final proofs with the number and title engraved at the bottom of the plate, on a sheet of thin, re-sized white vellum, bearing the typographed title on the front cover, numbered in pencil in the lower right-hand corner of the plate. One of 120 copies, numbered and signed by the artist in pen and ink upon completion of printing. Enclosed: a leaflet announcing the work, on a sheet of white, re-sized vellum illustrated with the fourth engraving from the series, showing oxidation caused by the ‘serpente’ process. A cover of heavy vellum with a typographed title on the top cover and the edition’s portfolio, with marbled paper covers and a title label on the top cover (slightly faded). Expert: Hélène BONAFOUS-MURAT.
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