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(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, toned, mostly along spines (ends worn); custom 1/4 gilt-lettered green morocco over multicolored paint-splatter design folding chemise and slipcase by Bérengère Polack, a few very minor scuffs to spine, otherwise very attractive. Paris: Éditions des Quatre Chemins, 1924
number 290 of 342 sets on velin d'arches. Les Facheux 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.
