Jacques MAJORELLE (Nancy 1886 - 1962)

The Kasbahs of the Atlas. Dessins et peintures rehaussées de métaux edités sous la direction de Lucien Vogel, chez Jules Meynial, 30, boulevard Haussmann à Paris. Completed on October 15, 1930, 520 copies including twenty hors commerce numbered I to XX. Portfolio comprising 7 four-color plates enhanced with gold and silver on card, and the introductory text on "Auvergne à la main" paper, bound in "Flammannam" cloth embroidered by Messrs. Paul Rodier & Cie. A map on silver and gold leaf, reproduced as a double-page spread at the beginning and end of the introduction, traces the various routes taken by the artist during his forays across Morocco, from 1919 to 1930. The reproduction of Jacques Majorelle's photograph of southern Morocco was executed in mechanical intaglio by Desfossés Néo gravure. Each plate offers a luxurious reproduction of the artist's favorite views, selected by him: sites, people or villages in the Atlas Mountains. Our work is number 206 Plates: Height 28, Width 37 cm. Emboxage: Height 40, Width 30, Depth 7 cm. List of plates : 1.Moulay Idriss. Djebel Zerhoun, Middle Atlas. Vaulted passageway, 1929. 2 Moulay Idriss. Djebel Zerhoun, Middle Atlas. The Souk. 1929. 3.Moulay Idriss. Djebel Zerhoun. Middle Atlas. The White Wall.1928. 6.Tagadirt'N'Bour. N'Fis Valley, Grand Atlas. The Kasbah. 1927. 8.Marrakech. Souk Khemis. Carpet merchants. 1920-22. 12.Irounen. Ounila Valley. Grand Atlas. The abandoned village. 1928. 22.Freija. Sous Valley. The Negresses. 1930. "Jacques Majorelle, through his tastes and his way of life, has himself become a natural production of this victorious Atlas. It is no longer he who has discovered the beyond of these high mountains, but rather the Atlas who has discovered his painter and who, for this reason, no longer counts with man". Pierre Mac Orlan. (Incomplete copy) Bibliography : - Félix Marcilhac, "Jacques Majorelle", Paris, 1995, reproduced pp. 112-153. - Nancy, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Paris, Institut du Monde Arabe, "Jacques Majorelle-Rétrospective", Paris, 1999-2000, reproduced pp. 128-129. (For complete copies)