Hans ERNI
[RENARD, Jules]
Histoires Naturelles de Jules Renard
Lausanne: André Gonin, 1953
Copy number 90 of the regular issue of 199 (of the whole edition of 250), but with an extra suite of six proofs of three of the lithographs on chine, signed by Erni and Gonin on the justification page; illustrated with 29 original full-page color lithographs by Erni; [4], 207 pp., 1 p., [3], on Rives wove paper, loose as issued, 13 x 9-7/8 in. (331 x 250 mm), in the original lithographed wrapper folders, quarter-vellum board chemise and slipcase; a complete copy, minor chips and scuffs to slipcase, else fine throughout.
Erni is famed for his delightful and sympathetic illustrations of animals, birds and fishes. In addition to this Renard, he illustrated livres de luxe of Buffon's Histoires Naturelles and La Fontaine's Fables.
Reference: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (ed. Eleanor Garvey), The Artist and the Book, 1860-1960, in Western Europe and the United States, p. 74, no. 99 (Boston and Cambridge, 1961): "Erni drew and printed these lithographs directly on the stone with the spontaneity and freedom of watercolor."
Provenance: H.P. Kraus.
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Price: $2,500
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[RENARD, Jules]
Histoires Naturelles de Jules Renard
Lausanne: André Gonin, 1953
Copy number 90 of the regular issue of 199 (of the whole edition of 250), but with an extra suite of six proofs of three of the lithographs on chine, signed by Erni and Gonin on the justification page; illustrated with 29 original full-page color lithographs by Erni; [4], 207 pp., 1 p., [3], on Rives wove paper, loose as issued, 13 x 9-7/8 in. (331 x 250 mm), in the original lithographed wrapper folders, quarter-vellum board chemise and slipcase; a complete copy, minor chips and scuffs to slipcase, else fine throughout.
Erni is famed for his delightful and sympathetic illustrations of animals, birds and fishes. In addition to this Renard, he illustrated livres de luxe of Buffon's Histoires Naturelles and La Fontaine's Fables.
Reference: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (ed. Eleanor Garvey), The Artist and the Book, 1860-1960, in Western Europe and the United States, p. 74, no. 99 (Boston and Cambridge, 1961): "Erni drew and printed these lithographs directly on the stone with the spontaneity and freedom of watercolor."
Provenance: H.P. Kraus.
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Price: $2,500
Inquiries: mail@mobysnewt.com