Description
Jacques MAJORELLE (1886-1962)
"Les Kasbahs de l'Atlas", published by Lucien Vogel with Jules Meynal, Paris, 1930. In-quarto album complete with its thirty designated and numbered plates in four-color process enhanced with gold and silver and offset printed on Auvergne paper, and its introductory booklet bound in canvas with Berber motifs. In its original green parchment paper slipcase with leather laces (used). Edition of 520 copies.
Numbered copy 14
28 x 37.5 cm (plates)
Provenance: former collection of Félix Arin, a lawyer based in Marrakesh who was close to the artist, and has remained in the family ever since.
Bibliography: Félix & Amélie Marcilhac, Jacques Majorelle, Éditions Norma, Paris, 2023, section "Maroc - La route des kasbahs", plates numbered 1 to 30 and reproduced pp. 322 to 325.
Expert : Amélie Marcilhac