Limbour, Georges — Rouvre: Peintures 1951-1961

Paris, France, Galerie Louise Leiris, 1961. First Edition. Softcover. Size: Square 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Good-looking, structurally sound, colorfully illustrated artist gallery catalog of 60 paintings by Rouvre, bound in stiff, thread-stitched wrappers with color lithograph cover. Light soiling to, foxing of rear panel, bright front panel. Galerie Louise Leiris in a sense overcame Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler in the support of and selling of the art works produced by influential artists of the 1940s, including Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dali, Rouvre and Hadengue, Fernand Leger and Elie Lascaus. Augmented with an original lithographic cover, in gate-fold. Nearly square softcover format, measuring 6 1/2" tall by 6 3/4" wide, respectively. "Ce catalogue (no 13 - Serie A) a ete acheve d'imprimer sur les presses des Maitres-Imprimeurs Draeger Freres, le 31 Octobre, 1961," nothing that "La lithographie original qui orne la couverture a ete imprimeriee par Mourlot Freres." List of distributors inside front flap, introductory essay by the author/artist, then 60 illustrations, mostly black-and-white but two in color, printed on high-gloss paper. Exhibit check-list at rear. Text in French.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good