Description
Paris, Variété, 1946.
Softcover, 33 x 25,5 cm, ca. 64 pages per issue, illustrated throughout. Text in French/English.
Variété Revue indépendante des lettres et des arts. Direction: Marie-Aimée Dodapgne. Complete set of the 3 published issues. Variété was edited by Jacques Doris. Eight issues per year are announced in the first issue, with a série luxe, a série grand luxe and a regular series for each issue.
N° 1 is an unnumbered and unbound copy of the série luxe copies on vélin blanc. This copy is the original cover concept by Gilioli with red background hand painted in red watercolor. The magazine title is painted in thick white paint and slightly different from the printed version. The female figure is drawn in black charcoal, cut out by hand and glued on to the background. This figure is also slightly different from the printed version. This drawing has a loss of 2 little pieces. Unique set. We join the 4 page Variété introduction flyer.
N° 2 is one of the numbered (N° 3033) serie luxe copies on vélin pur fil lafuma.
N° 3 is one of the numbered (N° 701) série luxe copies on velin teinté.
Some foxing throughout to some of the pages. Please inquire for detailed photos.
