Sale 2514 - The Pride Sale, June 20, 2019

46 c MARIETTE LYDIS (1887-1970) Lesbiennes. 23 color copper engravings on 25 on full-page sheets, each Signed and dated 1926 in pencil by Lydis. Images measure 6x4 1 / 4 or 3x3 inches, 15 1 / 4 x11 or 7 1 / 2 x7 1 / 2 cm, on 12 3 / 4 x9 1 / 2 -inch, 32 1 / 2 X24 cm sheets. Folio, custom binding signed Mativet, of crushed yellow morocco over patterned paper boards; original wrappers bound in. [Paris], 1926. [2,000/3,000] with a manuscript colophon by lydis stating that this is copy number 20 of only 60 [ or 66] examples on arches from a total edition of 77 copies. Dutel, 1844. Provenance: Jean-Pierre Dutel/Gerard Nordmann Library (with book label); Christie’s, Paris, 2006; present owner.