Vallier, Dora — Henri Rousseau

NY, Harry N. Abrams, 1962. Hardcover. Green cloth, gilt lettering, color DJ. 327 pages : illustrations (some mounted, some color), facsimiles, music, portraits. From the DJ.. "It is an exacting biography based on documents and insights by Rousseau's contemporaries, and reveals dates and information hitherto unknown about the artist. Dora Vallier has traveled all over the world to study Rousseau's paintings and has made her analyses of them the focus of her book." Contents: Life. Earliest paintings ; At the Salon des Indépendants ; Influence of the Paris World's Fair of 1889 ; Rousseau's painting from 1890 to 1895 ; Meeting with Alfred Jarry: War ; The sleeping gypsy ; The last years ; The trial ; Rousseau and Apollinaire ; The banquet at Picasso's studio ; Evenings at Rousseau's studio -- Work. First period: 1885-1890 ; Second period: after 1890 ; Rousseau's creative imagination: War, The sleeping gypsy ; Last period: Tropical landscapes -- Rousseau's writings. Note ; Excerpt from A visit to the 1889 Fair ; Excerpt from A Russian orphan's revenge -- Works exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants 1886-1910 -- Works exhibited at the Salon d' Automne 1905-1907 -- Exhibitions -- Chronology. VG/G, dj shows soiling and wear. Some foxing on text block edges.