169 - Maurice DENIS.

Maurice DENIS. Theories 1890–1910. From Symbolism and Gauguin Toward a New Classical Order. Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Occident, 1912. Large 8vo (25.6 x 16.7 cm). (2)-VIII-270-(3) pp., partially untrimmed. Paperback, printed green cover (spine slightly faded). First edition. Dedicated by Maurice Denis: “To my friend L. Moret / Maurice Denis.” A fine copy. Limited edition printed on fine paper. Compiles Maurice Denis’s art critiques, originally published in magazines or exhibition catalogs. Louis Moret (active in the first half of the 20th century, often associated with Saint-Germain-en-Laye) created woodcuts and translations of works by Maurice Denis, notably religious or sacred compositions for the Nabi painter. Provenance: from the library of Pierre Séjourné. Pierre Séjourné (1930–1993), a Parisian bookseller and lover of bookbindings, a flutist, and an enthusiast of literature and classical music, frequented both the Parisian artistic and literary circles and the world of the decorative arts and their schools through his uncle, the architect and academician Albert Laprade. Also an author and actor, he devoted himself to writing and performing his own plays, which were staged primarily in the Paris region.