Description
Original 1939 Verve Vol. II, Nos. 5-6 bifolium from the “special double number” directed by Tériade. The sheet presents two color plates after New Kingdom Egyptian bas-reliefs (recto and verso), accompanied by the inner text spread: “A Word on Two Egyptian Bas-Reliefs of the New Empire” by Charles Boreux (then Louvre curator of Egyptian antiquities) and “On the Human Countenance” by Alain. Period color photogravure/photolithographic printing (ink on paper) as issued-not a modern reprint and not by Constantin Guys (these plates reproduce ancient works). Removed from the binding with the center fold and inner (gutter) margins preserved; typical even border toning and minor handling from age. Untrimmed and ready to mat or frame.
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Two Egyptian bas-relief color plates on one sheet, with the matching Boreux/Alain essay bifolium
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Landmark pre-war Verve issue, printed in France under Tériade
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Authentic 1939 color intaglio/lithographic production; attractive impressions with good color
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Approx. size 14 × 20½ in open (each page ~14 × 10¼ in)
Please view all photos for margins, fold, and condition details. Ships flat in archival materials.
