MERCIER (Jean A.) & COLETTE. La Chatte. Paris, Arthème F - Lot 193

MERCIER (Jean A.) & COLETTE. La Chatte. Paris, Arthème Fayard, 1945. In-4 ff., filled color illustrated cover, in folder and slipcase. 30 color lithographs by Jean A. Mercier. Edition of 688 copies; n°HC 8 printed especially for the artist, who offered it to his wife Yvonne, and enriched with : - a beautiful E.A.S. from Colette to Mme Jean Mercier - two suites (incomplete) in black on China paper and on Indochine mulberry paper - 4 original stencils - a single proof of an unsuccessful drawing - a small ORIGINAL DRAWING signed by Jean A. Mercier: portrait of FOUJITA, 1925, accompanied by a small original gouache of Mme YOUKI FOUJITA done at Jean A. Mercier's studio around 1925 and an autograph list of Foujita lithographs done and printed on Jean A. Mercier's press at his studio at 11 rue des Sablons Paris 16e.