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361 - VAN DONGEN (Kees) & VOLTAIRE. The Princess of Babylon. Paris, Scripta & Picta, 1948. In-folio SPECIMEN containing title leaf, justification leaf "printed for Monsieur Raoul Dufy", 12 plates (10 in color and 2 in black) on various papers, one of which was refused.
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VAN DONGEN (Kees) & VOLTAIRE. The Princess of Babylon. Paris, Scripta & Picta, 1948. In-folio SPECIMEN containing title leaf, justification leaf "printed for Monsieur Raoul Dufy", 12 plates (10 in color and 2 in black) on various papers, one of which was refused. Attached is a catalog of the Van Dongen exhibition at Galerie Charpentier, 1942, preface by Sacha Guitry in original edition, small stapled in-8 booklet, printed cover. The exhibition featured 123 paintings from 1892 to 1942 and 98 watercolors, pastels and drawings numbered from 150 to 249. In fine, acknowledgements with a list of collectors.
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