Eugène Figuière

First edition, exceedingly rare copy without statement of edition, with the correct imprint dated 20 October 1912.

Restorations to spine and inner margins of the covers, a discreet fold to the low­er right corner of the front cover.

Illustrated with 26 artworks by Paul Cézanne, Pablo Picasso, André Derain, Georges Braque, Jean Metzinger, Ma­rie Laurencin, Albert Gleizes, Fernand Léger, Marcel Duchamp, Juan Gris and Francis Picabia.

 
A fine copy despite restorations, rare without statement of edition, of this Cubist manifesto published on the oc­casion of the historic exhibition of the "Section d'Or" at the Galerie La Boétie.
 

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first edition on current paper despite a mention of second edition, punch of the press service on the second board.
Precious autograph dedication signed by Guillaume Apollinaire: "to Lucien Rolmer, the cantor, the psychologist, his friend".
Illustrated book of 46 portraits and reproductions of works by Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Juan Gris, Francis Picabia, Marcel Duchamp ...
As one of the few defenders of Cubism since its inception, Apollinaire works to its dissemination and understanding through his columns and prefaces including the catalog of the exhibition of the Circle of Modern Art in Le Havre, entitled The Three Virtues Plastics , taken