Pierre Reverdy/Braque -Une Aventure Methodique

Pierre Reverdy / Georges Braque Une aventure méthodique Paris, Fernand Mourlot, 1949. Exceptional post-war livre d’artiste uniting poet Pierre Reverdy with Cubist master Georges Braque. A major bibliophile production from the celebrated Mourlot atelier. Limited edition of only 265 copies on Vélin d’Arches, comprising 250 numbered copies and 15 special copies. The present example is No. 5, among the earliest issued. Signed at the colophon by Pierre Reverdy and Georges Braque. Richly illustrated with 27 original lithographs by Georges Braque, including 1 full-page color lithograph and 26 lithographs in black within the text, together with a lithographic cover composition and 12 full-page color litographs  after Braque’s paintings. Large folio format: 44.5 x 33.5 cm. Preserved in its original publisher’s cloth slipcase / case. One of the most desirable Braque illustrated books of the late 1940s, combining rarity, signatures, strong visual content, prestigious paper, and outstanding provenance as a deluxe French modernist edition. Highly sought after by collectors of Cubism, Mourlot editions, and important 20th-century illustrated books.