Vertès, Marcel

Description:

Budapest, 1895 - New York, 1961
Schuberformat: 28,5 x 23,3 x 5 cm
"Colette - Chéri", 1929. Book with 1 signed pencil drawing and 47 etchings, in orig.- silpcase. Numbered 55/100. Publisher: Les Éditions de la Roseraie.
Signed master binding by Marot-Rodde. Unique. Leather in two colours with line embossing in gold and brown and white dot decoration. Endpapers in leather with silk and marbled paper.
Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (1973 - 1954) worked as a dancer, chansonette and journalist. She was regarded as a natural literary talent with great empathy, especially for the emotions of her female characters.
Private collection, Baden-Württemberg.