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L'Oiseau Bleu. L'Oiseau Bleu: Féerie de Maurice Maeterlinck avec des aquarelles de Georges Lepape [with] Décors et costumes pour L'Oiseau Bleu de Maurice Materlinck avec une préface de Gérard d'Houville.

L'Oiseau Bleu. L'Oiseau Bleu: Féerie de Maurice Maeterlinck avec des aquarelles de Georges Lepape [with] Décors et costumes pour L'Oiseau Bleu de Maurice Materlinck avec une préface de Gérard d'Houville.

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L'Oiseau Bleu. L'Oiseau Bleu: Féerie de Maurice Maeterlinck avec des aquarelles de Georges Lepape [with] Décors et costumes pour L'Oiseau Bleu de Maurice Materlinck avec une préface de Gérard d'Houville.

by MAETERLINCK Maurice; LEPAPE, Georges (illustrator)

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Paris, Le Livre, 1925-1927. . 2 vols; 8vo; libretto, one of 10 examples on Japon imperial, hors commerce, this for the publisher Henri Barthlémy, 8vo, 14 original Pochoirs by Saude after Georges Lepape, original wrappers. Décors et costumes: one of of 10 copies on Japon Imperial, hors commerce, this for the publisher Henri Barthlémy, 61 colour plates (seven double page folding), loose in the original wrappers, both volumes protected by a chemise and slipcase (slight wear).
03 Illustrated libretto with separate edition of 61 costume designs for L'Oiseau Bleu which was written in 1908 by the Belgian playwright Maurice Maeterlinck and premiered at Konstantin Stanislavski's Moscow Art Theatre. These illustrations are based on the 1923 production of the play, for which Lepape was the designer.

An Art Deco artist Georges Lepape (1887-1971) began his career as an illustrator for the fashion designer Paul Poiret, before becoming one of the world's most famous fashion illustrators in the world, working primarily for Vogue.

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L'Oiseau Bleu. L'Oiseau Bleu: Féerie de Maurice Maeterlinck avec des aquarelles de Georges Lepape [with] Décors et costumes pour L'Oiseau Bleu de Maurice Materlinck avec une préface de Gérard d'Houville.
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MAETERLINCK Maurice; LEPAPE, Georges (illustrator)
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Paris, Le Livre, 1925-1927.

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