JEFFAY (Paul). Faces of the Ghetto No place, [1959]. — Folio, loose-leaf, hardcover, in the publisher’s slipcase.An edition of 200 copies printed on Rives vellum, with a preface by Jean Cassou and Herbert Read, and illustrated with 14 intaglio engravings by Jacques-Joachim-Jean Rigal, based on drawings that the painter and engraver Paul Jeffay (1898–1957)—a Franco-Scottish artist of Russian Jewish origin—created between the two world wars depicting the Jewish people of Poland. One of 25 non-commercial copies, specially printed for the typographer Pierre Jean Mathan, who oversaw the printing of the work. Very well-preserved copy. Provenance: Pierre Jean Mathan Collection.
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JEFFAY (Paul).
Faces of the Ghetto
No place, [1959]. — Folio, loose-leaf, hardcover, in the publisher’s slipcase.An edition of 200 copies printed on Rives vellum, with a preface by Jean Cassou and Herbert Read, and illustrated with 14 intaglio engravings by Jacques-Joachim-Jean Rigal, based on drawings that the painter and engraver Paul Jeffay (1898–1957)—a Franco-Scottish artist of Russian Jewish origin—created between the two world wars depicting the Jewish people of Poland.
One of 25 non-commercial copies, specially printed for the typographer Pierre Jean Mathan, who oversaw the printing of the work.
Very well-preserved copy.
Provenance: Pierre Jean Mathan Collection.
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