The Art Deco Bookbindings of Pierre Legrain and Rose Adler

February 27 - June 12, 2004

Images

Les Amis nouveaux   Les Chevaux de Diomede
Paul Morand. Les Amis nouveaux. Illustrated by Jean Hugo. Paris: Au Sans Pareil, 1924. Binding designed by Pierre Legrain, 1927. Bibliothèque littéraire Jacques Doucet. Photo: Michel Nguyen.   Remy de Gourmont. Les Chevaux de Diomède. Paris: Mercure de France, 1897. Binding designed by Pierre Legrain, 1917. Bibliothèque littéraire Jacques Doucet. Photo: Michel Nguyen.
     
Partage de midi   Corona Benignitatis Anni Dei
Paul Claudel. Partage de midi. Paris: Bibliothèque de l’Occident, 1906. Binding signed and designed by Pierre Legrain for Jacques Doucet, 1917. Bibliothèque littéraire Jacques Doucet. Photo: Michel Nguyen.   Paul Claudel. Corona Benignitatis Anni Dei. Paris: Editions de la Nouvelle Revue Française, 1915. Binding signed and designed by Pierre Legrain, 1917. Bibliothèque littéraire Jacques Doucet. Photo: Michel Nguyen.
     
Paysages legendaires   Charmes
Georges Rouault. Paysages légendaires. Paris: Editions Porteret, 1929. Binding signed and designed by Pierre Legrain, 1929. The New York Public Library, Spencer Collection.   Paul Valéry. Charmes. Manuscript. Binding signed and designed by Pierre Legrain, 1923. Bibliothèque littéraire Jacques Doucet. Photo: Michel Nguyen.


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