SALES CATALOG. ANDRIEUX (Georges). - Lot 41

SALES CATALOG. ANDRIEUX (Georges). Daragnès Sale. — Catalog of books on large-format paper, with original drawings, comprising the complete works of the illustrator Daragnès. Paris, G. Andrieux, 1924. In-4, Jansenist midnight blue morocco, ribbed spine, wide interior border decorated with a frieze of gilt fillets, gilt edges, covers preserved, slipcase (bound by P. Affolter, 1926). Frontispiece portrait of Daragnès, etched by Dunoyer de Segonzac; 12 plates reproducing Daragnès’s illustrations. Auction catalog of books illustrated by Daragnès, from the artist’s studio, and offered for sale at the Hôtel Drouot on Saturday, November 29, 1924, under the gavel of Mt. Edouard Giard, assisted by expert Georges Andrieux. Reference catalog with a preface by Pierre Mac-Orlan. COPY BELONGING TO THE EXPERT, GEORGES ANDRIEUX, ENRICHED WITH SEVERAL AUTOGRAPH LETTERS AND ORIGINAL DRAWINGS, INCLUDING A MESSAGE FROM DARAGNES to his friend “who, through his kindness and selflessness, enabled me to lay the first stones of my printing shop in Montmartre.” It includes: - a newspaper article, signed by Fernand Vandérem, announcing the Daragnès sale. - 3 autograph letters from Daragnès to Andrieux (1 p. in-12; 1½ pp. in-8; 2 pp. in-4, on Hôtel du Port de Toulon letterhead), notably regarding the illustrator’s qualms about the “pornographic” nature of one of his drawings; regarding the sale of his works and their reserve prices; a letter from Gustave Laroque (investigating judge), expressing his desire to bid (2 pp., in-12). - the printed list of Daragnès’s works, with handwritten additions of estimated values (2 ff. in-8). - 6 watercolor drawings by Daragnès (5 in India ink wash and 1 in color).