Description
Rare original four-page bifolio taken from Verve (Paris), 1939.
This single leaf (two sheets, four printed sides) unites three desirable subjects:
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Émile Deroy, La Mendiante Rousse (right-hand color plate of the spread): luminous early-19th-century portrait of a red-haired young woman; one of the standout Romantic images reproduced by Verve
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“Baroque perruques & busts” montage (nine photographs of 17th-18th c. sculpted heads-including Louis XIV-by masters such as Bernini, Coysevox, Puget, Girardon, etc.)
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“Claudel at Fifty” by Henri Hoppenot with portrait of Paul Claudel (text page, verso)
Details
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Publisher: Verve (Tériade), Paris, 1939
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Process: high-quality heliogravure/photogravure (Draeger-Frères standard for Verve), with rich color gravure on the Deroy plate; fine halftone for the text illustration
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Format: bifolio (approx. 10.5 × 14 in / 26.5 × 35.5 cm per page)
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Condition: clean images; light age toning to margins, faint handling and a few sewing holes at the inner edge from original binding-typical for authentic Verve leaves
Why collectors like this leaf
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Brings together a sought-after Deroy masterwork in color with an arresting Baroque sculpture grid and an essay on Paul Claudel-three different audiences (Romantic portrait, sculpture, and literary history) in one saleable piece
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Printed in 1939 by Verve, renowned for museum-grade gravure and impeccable color
Please see all photos for an accurate sense of condition, color, and scale.
