May 07, 2014 - Sale 2349

Sale 2349 - Lot 20

Price Realized: $ 1,152
?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. 2 volumes. Black-and-white plate reproducing portrait drawing of Georges Auric by Cocteau; photographic frontispiece of Braque by Man Ray in Volume 2; 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. 4to, original decorated wrappers, spines toned and ends slightly rubbed; gentle splits between a few signatures; lacks slipcase but original printed paper label laid inside. Paris: Éditions des Quatre Chemins, 1924
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number 399 on arches from a total edition of 500. 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.