...Mais Soudain Le Soeil, Secouant Sa Crinire...
(...but suddenly the sun, shaking its mane...)
Original linocut printed in black ink on wove paper.
Image size: 9 11/16 x 7 inches
Sheet size: 12 13/16 x 9 9/16 inches
1944
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A richly printed impression of the definitive state.
From the edition of 200 (the overall edition was 250). One of 18 full page linocut plates (apart from the cover and many designs and illuminations in the text also created in linocut) illustrating the Henry de Montherlant text Pasiphae: Chant de Minos (Les Cretois). Published by Martin Fabiani, Paris, 1944; printed by Marthe Fequet and Pierre Baudier, Paris, May 20, 1944.
In excellent condition, printed on a sheet with full margins.
Claude Duthuit no. 10 VII
