In an owner’s quarter buckram cardboard folder with a vegetation diaper design, ms blue ink lettering to front: “Songes galantes | 12 dessins par | Margit Gaal” at the centre, “Arpad Rob Laszlo | à Paris | 1938” in the lower right corner. Loose sheets with the 1st leaf t.p. / table de planches, and then 12 leaves of lithograph plates.
Title-page: SONGES GALANTES | 12 DESSINS PAR | MARGIT GAAL | ÉDITION PRIVÉE | PARIS 1920 ||, ms inscription in blue ink in the middle : “Collection par | Árpad Rob Laśzló | techn. d’avion | Paris 1937”.
Limitation: Edition limited to 500 copies of which № 1-100 signed by the author. This is copy № 407.
References: Dutel (1920-1970) № 1413 (published in 1921); Honesterotica (indicated the year of death as 1965, however, there is no proof).
Contributors:
Gaál, Margit (Hungarian, 1898 – 1920) – artist.
Additional Information
| Collection | European prints and drawings |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Pictorial album |
| Period | 20 AD , Early 20th century |
| Country | Austro-Hungarian Empire |
| Language | French |
| Subject | 20th century , Book illustration , Clandestine edition , Erotica , Limited editions , Lithography , Pictorial album |
| Media/Technique | Lithography , Wove paper |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1920 |
| Edition | Clandestine edition , Limited |
| Acquisition year | 2022 |
