May 09, 2013 - Sale 2313

Sale 2313 - Lot 157

Price Realized: $ 2,160
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
(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; 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, spine ends slightly rubbed; original board slipcase with printed paper label, browned. Paris: Editions des Quatre Chemins, 1924
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copy 30 of only 75 roman-numbered hors commerce copies from a total edition of 500. Les Facheaux was a ballet conceived by Boris Kochno after Moliere, choreographed by Bronilsava Nijinska to music by Auric, and first performed by the Diaghilev ballet at Monte Carlo in 1924.