Description: Suite of 16 hand-coloured drypoints, in 39 x 29 cm, in cream French flapped wrappers with lavender lettering “SYMPHONIES AMOUREUSES” and a sanguine drypoint vignette (platemark 15 x 13 cm) to front, 17 leaves plus 2 leaves in the wrappers, 38.5 x 57 cm vertically folded once, lettering to one page, plate to another page, unbound, only the top margin trimmed, unpaginated, wove paper watermarked "BFK Rives", in a faux chagrin double slipcase 39.8 x 30 cm.
Title-page (in lavender and black): SYMPHONIES AMOUREUSES | Suite de seize gravures | à la pointe sèche | rehaussées | {blank} | imprimé aux dépens | de Bibliophiles et non mis dans le commerce ||
Titles of the plates : 1. Ouverture. 2. Gamme. 3. Rêverie. 4. Pas redoublé. 5 Fantasia. 6. Pastorale. 7. Estudiantina. 8. Presto. 9. Arpège. 10. Menuet. 11 .Symphonie médiévale. 12. Jeux d’eau. 13. Galop. 14. Impromptu. 15. Variation. 16. Ariette.
Limitation: Print run of 100 copies, 5 copies on Japon Manchou, numbered №№ 1-5, enriched; 11 copies on vélin à la forme de Rives, numbered №№ 6-16, enriched; 84 copies on vélin à la forme de Rives, numbered №№ 17-100, of which this is copy № 32.
Cat. raisonné: Dutel III, № 2478.
Contributors:
André Collot (French, 1897 – 1976) – artist, engraver.
Additional Information
| Collection | Illustrated books , Library |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book , Pictorial album |
| Period | 20 AD , Mid-20th Century |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Subject | 20th century , Clandestine edition , Erotica , Humour , Limited editions , Pictorial album , Sex , Sexual behavior and attitudes , Sexual life , Sexuality |
| Media/Technique | Drypoint , Hand-colouring , Wove paper |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1960 |
| Binding | Original , Slipcase , Softcover , Wrappers |
| Edition | 1st edition , Clandestine edition , Limited |
| Catalogue raisonne | J.-P. Dutel |
| Acquisition year | 2023 |
