Octave MIRBEAU (Pref.) Claude MONET
Les "Venise" de Claude Monet[Claude Monet’s “Venices]
Galerie Bernheim jeune & Cie|Paris 1912|21.3 x 27 cm|Relié
First edition of the catalogue for the exhibition of works by Claude Monet held at the Galerie Bernheim-Jeune in Paris from 28 May to 8 June 1912.
Preface by Octave Mirbeau.
Bradel binding in half fawn morocco, smooth spine, date gilt at foot, minor rubbing to spine, boards of marbled paper framed with a gilt fillet, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, wrappers (a pink stain at the foot of the lower wrapper) and spine preserved, top edge gilt; contemporary binding signed L. Bernard.
The paintings were exhibited four years after Claude Monet’s sole journey to Venice.
Illustrated catalogue with 9 reproductions of paintings by Claude Monet.
€800