Description
Original bifolio (two conjoined pages) removed from Verve: The French Review of Art, No. 5-6 (July-October 1939, Tériade, Paris). The recto presents two brilliant Christian Bérard fashion/costume plates-a full-length lady in a deep blue crinoline against a vivid yellow ground, and a seated woman in a blue evening gown. The verso carries two additional 1939 figure/costume plates in a complementary style; the printed credits on these pages are minimal in this section of Verve, and comparable sheets in the same issue are by Bérard and, at times, André Derain.
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Authentic 1939 Verve bifolio with four plates on one leaf (two recto, two verso)
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Color lithographic printing on recto; monochrome lithographic/heliogravure plates on verso
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Leaf size approx. 10.5 x 14 in (27 x 35.5 cm); image areas as shown
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Period paper with the usual light toning at margins, scattered handling to edges, and a faint center fold from original binding-no trimming to images
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Sought after for Bérard’s pre-war theatre/fashion imagery and as an affordable, frameable print from the deluxe Tériade/Draeger collaboration
Please review all photos for condition and details. Sold as the single intact bifolio shown.
