439 - BELTRAN MASSES (Federico) & ANNUNZIO (Gabriele d').

BELTRAN MASSES (Federico) & ANNUNZIO (Gabriele d'). The Triumph of Death. Paris, Javal and Bourdeaux, 1932. In-4, folio size, printed cover with inlay, in a dark blue morocco slipcase lined with silk. The illustrations consist of 12 engravings by Federico Beltrán Masses. A print run of 73 copies on Arches vellum, featuring two versions of the illustrations—in color and in green; No. V of the 13 non-commercial copies. Some foxing in places. Federico Beltrán Masses (1885–1949), a Spanish painter born in Cuba, trained in Barcelona and later under Joaquín Sorolla in Madrid. Settling in Paris in 1916, he enjoyed a distinguished international career as a portraitist of high society. His work, sensual and theatrical, at the crossroads of Symbolism and Art Deco, is distinguished in particular by his night scenes with their characteristic deep blues and his elegant female figures, which feature prominently in this edition.