Pierre Jean Jouve (1887-1976)

Josef Šíma (1891-1971)

BEAU REGARD

1927
Format 8°, 19x14.2 cm, 48 numbered pages, in French. Soft binding. Title page printed in black. "Pierre Jean Jouve BEAU REGARDS Conte Illustré D`Images Dessinées et gravées par J. Sima...". Poems by Pierre Jean Jouve. This livre d`artiste contains 18 illustrations by Josef Šíma, comprising 3 drypoints and 15 woodcuts. Published in Paris in 1927. Total edition of 715 copies, this copy numbered 404. Wrapper faded at the spine and slightly at the edges. Paper foxed in places inside the book. Provenance: Galerie Moderna