Lot 139: DORGELÈS, ROLAND

Vacances forcées. Paris: Éditions Vialetay, 1956

Unbound as issued (13 x 10 in.; 330 x 254 mm). One full-page and 23 wood-engraved text illustrations bt Jacques Beltrand after Raoul Dufy, printed in colors on chine, one one color-printed plate on Rives before letters, one suite "avant champlevage," a suite of 18 color registrations for one plate. Original wrappers. Chemise and slipcase; some wear.

CATALOGUE NOTE

An out-of-series copy from an edition of 35 copies numbered I-XXXV and marked "exemplaire d'artiste" or "exemplaire d'auteur" printed on various papers, this copy on japon nacré and marked "exemplaire d'artiste" (i.e., Beltrand), from a total edition of 221 copies.

A moving tribute to Raoul Dufy. Dorgelès dedicated his narrative of his refuge?or "forced vacation"?from the Occupation to Raoul Dufy, who sheltered him in a small village in Haute-Garonne from June, 1940 until the autumn of 1944. Dufy's vivid, loose watercolors, reproduced here on chine, record their moments together during that time.