Silhouettes du Front: Souvenirs de Trente Mois de Guerre--Reproductions de Quarante Dessins Croquis & Aquarelles par le Commandant E. Requin SIGNED
Paris: Devambez, 1917. E. Requin. Cloth. Very impressive --and uncommon-- artist's sketchbook of life on the front lines during World War I. #263 OF ONLY 275 COPIES ISSUED "sur velin hollande", EACH SIGNED BY THE ARTIST E. REQUIN on the limitation. Tight, solid and VG in its light-blue cloth, with gilt-lettered title label to the front panel. Minor soiling along the front panel's fore-edge, armorial bookplate to the front pastedown and small former owner name (same person) to the front free endpaper. 40 remarkable watercolors and aquatints by E. Requin of seemingly every nationality and ethnicity of soldier drawn into the conflict. Mostly portraits to be sure but also several landscapes of barren or even charred earth. High-quality reproductions of first-rate sketches from the front lines. Very Good +. Item #11494
Price: $1,000.00