Henri Rousseau, par Roch Grey, Galerie Rene Drouin, 1943. Very Good Rebound Hardcover

Grey, Roch. Paris. Galeria Rene Drouin. 1943.

French, Very Good limited edition #60/1030 rebound hardcover quarto, 12 ½” X 9 ¾”, 185 pp. 

Very Good rebound hardcover, buckram cloth over boards, title plate affixed to spine. Soiling to covers, rubbing to title plate with some loss. Minor age toning and sunning to text block, soiling to full title page, otherwise tightly bound and no markings throughout. Pencil notes and signatures in French to front endpapers. Text in French. 186 pp., replete with 128 black-and-white plates and 3 full-color plates affixed to pages. Copy 60/1030, An exceptional showcase of Henri Rousseau’s artistry, highlights his remarkable talents as a French post-impressionist painter celebrated for his Naïve or Primitive style. Introductory essay by French poet, art critic and writer André Salmon (1881 – 1969). The author's name, Roch Grey, was one of the male pseudonyms used by Russian-French painter and writer Baroness Hélèné d'Oettingen (1887- 1950), born Elena Francezna Miaczinska.