Mar 12, 2009 - Sale 2173

Sale 2173 - Lot 177

Price Realized: $ 1,320
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(BRAQUE, GEORGES.) Cocteau. Jean; and Laloy, Louis. Théatre Serge de Diaghilew. Les Facheux. Black-and-white plate reproducing portrait drawing of Georges Auric by Cocteau; facsimile of page of music by Auric; 23 color plates reproducing set and costume designs by Braque; 23 photographic plates comprising portraits of Braque and costumed Diaghilev dancers. 2 volumes. 4to, original wrappers, spine ends a bit worn and toned; owner's protective linen folder with cover label. Paris: Éditions des Quatre Chemins, 1924
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one of 342 copies on vélin d''arches. Les Facheaux was a ballet conceived by Boris Kochno after Molière choreographed by Bronilsava Nijinska to music by Auric, and first performed by the Diaghilev ballet at Monte Carlo in 1924.