Description
Original 1939 Verve (No. 5-6, July-Oct.) single leaf featuring two important images:
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Recto: Voltaire after Jean-Baptiste Pigalle. Lower margins printed “PIGALLE” and “VOLTAIRE,” confirming subject and sculptor.
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Verso: Sir Joshua Reynolds, Lady Betty Delmé (titled in the lower margin).
Details
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From the deluxe large-format art review Verve, famed for its high-quality gravure plates
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Genuine period printings, not later reproductions; sheet removed from the 1939 issue
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Approx. sheet size: ~14 x 10.5 in (35.5 x 26.5 cm)
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Paper: off-white wove; rich gravure tones with good contrast
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Condition: light age toning and handling consistent with vintage Verve leaves; minor edge nicks/roughness along the former binding side; no tears into the image area. Please view all photos
Why collectors like this leaf
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Pigalle’s celebrated seated Voltaire-a key Enlightenment subject-beautifully rendered in photogravure
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Desirable pairing with an elegant Reynolds portrait on the reverse
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Authentic 1939 printing from Verve No. 5-6, a sought-after pre-war issue
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