Degas Danse Dessin, 1936, Illustrations dEdgar Degas Degas etchings Start Price USD 21,000.00 Current Price USD 21,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 22,000.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Friday, July 18, 2008 End Time Friday, July 25, 2008 Location Cookeville, TN See more about 'Degas Danse Dessin, 1936, Illustrations dEdgar Degas' Description Ambroise Vollard, editor.  Text by Paul Valery; Degas did not contribute his prints to art books during his lifetime.  Potin had to etch as many as 3 different copper plates to capture the rich, feathery effects of Degas' monotypes.  "In his superbly engraved plates of aquatint-etching, Potin has preserved the rich black and pastel colors of the originals" (Johnson).  The binder, Jacques Anthoine-Legrain,(1907-70), perfected the geometric aesthetics and developed a style of using subtle manipulation of spaced curves.  His bindings are included in most of the important collections formed since 1950.   Ambroise Vollard, editeur,  This is Book # 55.1936, Paris, 28 rue de Martignac.  Folio (32.5 x 25.5cm).  26 COLOR AQUATINT ETCHINGS after original monotypes of Degas by Maurice Potin.  Bound by J. Anthoine Legrain, signed, stamped in gilt, and blind to an overall circular geometric design of curved lines and swirls with small circles, gilt lettering to spine,red suede endpapers and doublures. References:  Johnson, Una E., Ambroise Vollard, Editeur.   NY:  Museum of Modern Art-1977, # 179, Signature 1938, no. 8, p.43;   Vollard Catalogue Complet, p. 67;   Collection:  Museum of Modern Art.   Nicolas Rauch, les Peintres et le Livre Catalogue #6, (2 J.A. Legrain bindings pictured).  Provenance:  Collection of Samuel Rosenthal.Book is returnable within one week of receipt.Return must be in undamaged condition,Book remains the property of Canecreek Gallery, Inc. until funds have cleared.To be shipped UPS, insured. Place a Bid!