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"Simon Lissim" 1933
$650
[112] pp.
w/ 40 plates
Limited edition exemplaire no 91
Aux Editions du Cygne
1933
11" x 9 1/4"
Preface by Paul Léon. Paris, Aux Editions du Cygne, 1933, in-4, paperback, cream cover, title printed in blue, 82 pp. and 40 pl. Simon LISSIM, Russian, born in 1899, disciple of Léon BAKST, was a theater decorator but he also knew how to decorate fabrics and ceramics, especially in Sèvres. 40 plates inset, in black and in colors, some with a stencil, illustrate the talent of this Russian poet "of color".