Delaunay, Sonia ; Guillaume Apollinaire; Blaise Cendrars; Jacques Damase — Sonia Delaunay, 27 Tableaux Vivants

Milan, Italy, Edizioni del Naviglio, 1969. Hardcover. Blue boards with white text and design numbered from the edition of 500, printed by Daniel Jacomet, Paris, published by Edizioni del Naviglio, Milan, on Aussedat vellum paper, the full sheets with concertina folds, within the original boards, overall 285 x 200mm (11 1/4 x 7 7/8in) 42 unnumbered pages. 27 color pochoir plates. #183/650 original copies. 42 unnumbered pages. Color illustrations. #185/650 original copies. Includes excerpts from texts by Guillaume Apollinaire; poem by Blaise Cendrars; introduction by Jacques Damase. A significant contribution to Delaunay's ouevre, designed between 1919 and 1928 for Tristan Tzara in particular. Damase's text is accompanied by excerpts from Guillaume Apollinaire's texts and a poem by Blaise Cendrars. An admirer and accomplice of the artist in her later years, Jacques Damase has brought together here some of Sonia Delaunay's most beautiful projects for costumes and "simultaneous" dresses. VG last page creased, all else excellent. Lacks original slipcase .