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BASTIA (Georges). Set of 3 albums of caricatures of show business personalities by Georges Bastia. Includes : - The Zoo of stars. Preface by Marcel Achard. Monaco: Éditions Héracléïa, [1947]. - Album in-folio, 365 x 275 : (4 ff.), 30 plates. In sheets, publisher's laced cardboard folder. First edition printed at 450 numbered copies (n° 256), including 30 original lithographs by Georges BASTIA (1904-1980), representing animal caricatures of the stars of the show of the time such as Michel Simon, Fernandel, Marguerite Moreno, Cécile Sorel, Jean-Louis Barrault, Fernand Ledoux, Maurice Chevalier, Raimu, Mistinguett, Edith Piaf, etc. This copy is enriched with this letter addressed to the Belgian actress Sabine André (born in 1913): For Sabine André, // this fauna of the backstage // and of the studios // cordially // Georges Bastia // 26. 1. 1947Jacques Crépineau has enriched the copy with 3 small caricatures of Bastia as well as a prospectus for the operetta Azor at the Bouffes-parisiens, illustrated with a caricature of the artist . Wear on the back of the folder. - Le Zoo des vedettes. Preface by Marcel Achard. S.l., [1950s]. - Album folio, 370 x 280 : (4 ff.), 60 plates (out of 61). Very rare first edition, published in the 50s and 60s, of this album which, although bearing the same title and including the same preface as the previous one, is quite different from this one. Copy including 67 of the 68 required caricatures, spread over 60 sheets, representing the main stars of the time such as Sacha Guitry, Jean Gabin, Gérard Philippe, Madeleine Renaud, Jean-Louis Barrault, Brigitte Bardot, Jean Marais, Simone Signoret, Yves Montand, Yvonne Printemps, Bourvil, Michel Simon, etc. The caricature of Robert Lamoureux is missing. The edition was limited to 400 numbered copies (n° 20). Each caricature was reproduced in lithography and enhanced with gouache by the artist, which gives a kind of uniqueness to each copy. The rarity of this edition comes from the fact that the quality of the plates that compose it is such that they are often sold separately and sometimes by mistake as original works. - Des étoiles scintillent encore... Preface by André Roussin. S.l., 1969. - Album in-4, 324 x 250 : (4 ff.), 55 plates. In sheets, publisher's laced cardboard folder. Album printed at only 100 numbered copies on Louis Muller et fils paper (n° 52), including 55 caricatures of 20th century stars, lithographed by Georges Bastia. Among the personalities are Sacha Guitry, Jean Cocteau, Gérard Philippe, Louis Jouvet, Tristan Bernard, Ludmilla and Georges Pitoëf, Grock, Lucien Guitry, etc. This copy is enriched with this letter from the artist to the actor and director of the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin in the 1940s, Robert Ancelin: Exemplaire Robert Ancelin // Pour Toi, mon cher Robert, // cet album du souvenir, avec // l'expression de ma franche amitié // Georges Bastia // 30 juin 1969
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BASTIA (Georges). Set of 3 albums of caricatures of show business personalities by Georges Bastia. Includes : - The Zoo of stars. Preface by Marcel Achard. Monaco: Éditions Héracléïa, [1947]. - Album in-folio, 365 x 275 : (4 ff.), 30 plates. In sheets, publisher's laced cardboard folder. First edition printed at 450 numbered copies (n° 256), including 30 original lithographs by Georges BASTIA (1904-1980), representing animal caricatures of the stars of the show of the time such as Michel Simon, Fernandel, Marguerite Moreno, Cécile Sorel, Jean-Louis Barrault, Fernand Ledoux, Maurice Chevalier, Raimu, Mistinguett, Edith Piaf, etc. This copy is enriched with this letter addressed to the Belgian actress Sabine André (born in 1913): For Sabine André, // this fauna of the backstage // and of the studios // cordially // Georges Bastia // 26. 1. 1947Jacques Crépineau has enriched the copy with 3 small caricatures of Bastia as well as a prospectus for the operetta Azor at the Bouffes-parisiens, illustrated with a caricature of the artist . Wear on the back of the folder. - Le Zoo des vedettes. Preface by Marcel Achard. S.l., [1950s]. - Album folio, 370 x 280 : (4 ff.), 60 plates (out of 61). Very rare first edition, published in the 50s and 60s, of this album which, although bearing the same title and including the same preface as the previous one, is quite different from this one. Copy including 67 of the 68 required caricatures, spread over 60 sheets, representing the main stars of the time such as Sacha Guitry, Jean Gabin, Gérard Philippe, Madeleine Renaud, Jean-Louis Barrault, Brigitte Bardot, Jean Marais, Simone Signoret, Yves Montand, Yvonne Printemps, Bourvil, Michel Simon, etc. The caricature of Robert Lamoureux is missing. The edition was limited to 400 numbered copies (n° 20). Each caricature was reproduced in lithography and enhanced with gouache by the artist, which gives a kind of uniqueness to each copy. The rarity of this edition comes from the fact that the quality of the plates that compose it is such that they are often sold separately and sometimes by mistake as original works. - Des étoiles scintillent encore... Preface by André Roussin. S.l., 1969. - Album in-4, 324 x 250 : (4 ff.), 55 plates. In sheets, publisher's laced cardboard folder. Album printed at only 100 numbered copies on Louis Muller et fils paper (n° 52), including 55 caricatures of 20th century stars, lithographed by Georges Bastia. Among the personalities are Sacha Guitry, Jean Cocteau, Gérard Philippe, Louis Jouvet, Tristan Bernard, Ludmilla and Georges Pitoëf, Grock, Lucien Guitry, etc. This copy is enriched with this letter from the artist to the actor and director of the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin in the 1940s, Robert Ancelin: Exemplaire Robert Ancelin // Pour Toi, mon cher Robert, // cet album du souvenir, avec // l'expression de ma franche amitié // Georges Bastia // 30 juin 1969
