Lot no. 2764
VERVE. Artistic and literary review. 1937-1958. Complete set of 23 issues in 14 vols. of this famous review founded in Paris in 1937. Paris, Tériade, 1937-1958. N°1, 1937. Cover by Henri Matisse, lithographs by Léger, Miro, Rattner, Borès. N° 2, 1938. Cover by George Braque, lithos reproduced in colour by Kandinsky, Masson. N° 3, 1938. Cover by Pierre Bonnard, lithos reproduced in colour by Chagall, Miro, Rattner, Klee. N° 4, 1938. Cover by Rouault, lithos reproduced in colour by Matisse and Derain. N° 5 and 6. Cover by Maillol, lithos reproduced in colour and black by Guys, Braque, Rouault, Derain, Léger, Bonnard, Matisse, Klee. N° 7, 1940. The very rich Hours of the Duke of Berry. N° 8, 1940. Cover by Matisse, litho by Bonnard. N° 14 and 15, 1946. The Hours of Anne of Brittany. N° 17 and 18, 1947. Cover and litho by Bonnard as frontispiece. N° 21 and 22, 1948. Cover by Matisse, issue entirely devoted to Matisse. N° 23, 1949. Cover by Matisse. N° 24, 1950. Cover by Chagall, Contes de Boccace illustrés par Chagall. N° 25 and 26, 1951. Cover by Picasso, issue entirely devoted to Picasso's works produced in Vallauris between 1949 and 1951. No. 29 and 30, 1954. Cover by Picasso. Suite of 180 drawings by Picasso 1953-1954. No. 35 and 36, 1958. Cover by Matisse, issue entirely devoted to the last works by Henri Matisse produced between 1950 and 1954.
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