Joly, Pierre — Y. Rouvre "Vegetation": Peintures Recentes

Paris, France, Galeries Louise Leiris, 1975. First Edition. . Size: Square 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Uncommon in the trade, there being only a few copies available on-line of this good-looking, structurally sound, colorfully illustrated artist gallery catalog of 42 paintings by Rouvre, bound in stiff, thread-stitched wrappers with tri-color lithograph cover. 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, Y. Rouvre and E. 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 6 - Serie B) a ete acheve d'imprimer sur les presses des Maitres-Imprimeurs Draeger Freres, le 21 Avril, 1975," nothing that "La lithographie original qui orne la couverture a ete imprimeriee par Mourlot Freres." List of distributors inside front flap, introductory essay by Pierre Joly, then 42 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. . . . Near Fine