Camille PISSARRO

Autograph letter signed by Paul Signac addressed to Camille Pissarro, written in black ink over two pages and signed with the artist’s monogram.
This letter was transcribed in the article by Pierre Michel and Christian Limousin entitled "Octave Mirbeau et Paul Signac - Une lettre inédite de Signac à Mirbeau" (in Cahiers Octave Mirbeau, no. 16, March 2009, pp. 202-210).
"Mon cher Maître, Cela vous ennuirait-il [sic] d'écrire à Mirbeau qu'un Signac, à votre avis, ne ressemble pas plus à un Seurat qu'un Hokousai à un Hiroshigé... si toutes fois (sic) le reproche d'imitation dont il cherche à m'accabler vous semble injuste. L'amitié que vous m'avez...

First edition, one of 100 copies on Japon, the only deluxe issue.

Navy blue half shagreen with slight color restoration, spine with five raised bands abundantly framed in gilt, blue watered silk flyleaves, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, gilt top edge, binding signed J. Querelle.

 

Original etching signed and inscribed by Pissarro to Maximilien Luce
[1887] ? leaf: 20,5 x 30,5 cm; plate: 11 x 16,1 cm ? one leaf

Rare original etching by Camille Pissarro, titled "La Sarcleuse", one of 12 prints in 2nd state, after the artist's first state print and three or four proofs in 2nd state.
Like several other copies, it is marked in pencil "2e État imprimé par F. Jacques". Uniformly browned, scattered foxing, outer mar­gins sunned with small marginal tears.
Exceptionally inscribed by the art­ist to his great friend, the paint­er Maximilien Luce: "Pour l'ami M. Luce".
Another print provides context for this beautiful portrait, which is said to have...

First edition of this catalogue of the second part of the sale of the Camille Pissarro collection which took place on Friday 7th and Saturday 8th December 1928.
Ilustrations hors-texte.
Worming to edges, spine and covers lightly and marginally faded without severity, otherwise handsome copy.