(CURIOSA) Idylle Printanière

Sale 2260 - Lot 63

Price Realized: $ 1,140

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Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350

(CURIOSA.) Idylle Printanière. Hand-colored title sheet and 31 lithographed plates after Feodor Rojankovsky. Plates measure 275x190 mm, tipped along right side in two places with tape, some archival, most with early cellotape, title creased and chipped at corners, mounts with scattered toning and occasional crease, first plate creased in margin; laid into board portfolio with colophon and early bookseller description mounted to front cover verso, soiled and separated along joints. [Paris, circa 1935

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Number 167 of 310 copies. An early copy of Rojankovsky's coveted Art Deco erotic portfolio of plates that depict the amorous adventures of a john and his French mistress from the Paris Metro, to a taxi, and finally to their hotel room. The Latvian-born Rojankovsky, the Caldecott award winning children's book illustrator, spent much of his early career working in Paris, often creating anonymous works of erotica. The original edition of this portfolio was printed in Paris by EPS in an edition of 516 copies.