Lunes en papier
Paris, Galerie Simon, [April 1921].
1 vol. (230 x 320 mm). In wrappers, publisher's cover on Japanese paper.
First edition. Illustrated with 7 wood engravings, including 2 full-page. Limited to 112 copies, this one of 90 copies on vergé de Hollande (no. 42), signed by A. Malraux and F. Léger.
Fernand Léger’s (1881–1955) first attempt at illustration by wood engraving. The text, dedicated to Max Jacob, is by André Malraux: it is his first book, published at the dawn of his twenties.
D.-H. Kahnweiler, marchand, éditeur, écrivain, Centre Georges Pompidou, 1984, p. 181; Hugues, 50 ans d’édition de D.-H. Kahnweiler, p. 7; From Manet to Hockney, Victoria & Albert Museum, 64; Chapon, Le Livre et le peintre, 1870–1970, pp. 112, 116 and 117.
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