LAURENCIN (Marie) and DIAGHILEW (Serge de). Les Biches. Pari - Lot 38

LAURENCIN (Marie) and DIAGHILEW (Serge de). Les Biches. Paris, Quatre chemins, 1924. 2 in-4 paperback volumes in color illustrated covers by Marie Laurencin and common slipcase, first edition of this work devoted to Bronislava Nijinska's ballet Les Biches premiered on January 6, 1924 by Serge de Diaghilev's Ballets Russes to music by Francis Poulenc and with sets and costumes designed by Marie Laurencin. The first volume includes a portrait of Nijinska after a drawing by Jean Cocteau, an article by Cocteau, a portrait of Francis Poulenc after Marie Laurencin, an article by Darius Milhaud, a reproduction of Poulenc's score and 14 color reproductions of drawings and paintings by Marie Laurencin. The second volume is devoted to the stage production, and includes a photographic portrait of Marie Laurencin based on a Man Ray photograph, and 23 photographs by Georges Detaille of the ballet's various artists. Limited edition of 335 numbered copies, this one no. 23, one of 60 copies de tête on Hollande Van Gelder. Covers partly foxed, discharge on endpapers. Provenance: Collection Anne Marie Berger