‎MALLARMÉ & RENOIR‎
‎Pages.‎

‎ Exemplaire sur japon, relié par Huser Bruxelles, Edmond Deman, 1891. 1 vol. (220 x 280 mm) de 192 p. et 2 f. Maroquin janséniste marine, dos à nerfs, double filet sur les coupes, contreplats ornés de six filets d'encadrement dorés, tranches dorées sur témoins, couverture et dos conservés, étui moderne (reliure signée d'Huser). Édition originale et premier tirage du frontispice dessiné et gravé à l'eau-forte par Auguste Renoir. Un des 50 premiers exemplaires sur japon impérial (n° 13), les seuls qui contiennent le frontispice de Renoir en double état. Correction manuscrite au crayon page 17. ‎

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‎This etching was one of the first produced by Renoir: an opulent nude with flowing hair, evoking the tale Le Phénomène futur and receiving the poet's approval. Based on drawings from 1887, it is the earliest of the painter's etchings, although he was not particularly fond of this medium (see François Chapon, Le Peintre et le livre, p. 25). Mallarmé had planned rich illustrations for this work, which was originally to be titled Le Tiroir de laque, and he had admirably chosen his illustrators: J.-L. Brown, Mary Cassatt, Degas, Renoir, Berthe Morisot, and perhaps Monet as well. In the end, after more or less extensive attempts, all of them withdrew except Renoir. Pages brings together a large part of Mallarmé's prose poems, including ‘Plainte d'automne’ (Autumn Lament), ‘Frisson d'hiver’ (Winter Shiver), ‘La Pipe’ (The Pipe) and ‘Le Nénuphar blanc’ (The White Water Lily). A very fine copy. ‎