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View full screen - View 1 of Lot 157. Dessins et peintures d'Asie [1934]. La "croisière jaune", illustrée par croquis et planches en couleurs.

Iacovleff, Alexandre

Dessins et peintures d'Asie [1934]. La "croisière jaune", illustrée par croquis et planches en couleurs

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June 25, 02:37 PM GMT

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2,000 - 3,000 EUR

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Iacovleff, Alexandre


Dessins et peintures d'Asie. Exécutés au cours de l'Expédition Citroën Centre-Asie. Troisième mission G.-M. Haardt, L. Audoin-Dubreuil.

Paris, Jules Meynial, [1934].


In-folio (380 x 277 mm). Sous portefeuille de l'éditeur en cartonnage imprimé avec lacets, texte cousu à la japonaise. 

2 infimes fentes à l'étui.


LA CROISIÈRE JAUNE ILLUSTRÉE PAR IACOVLEFF.


Édition publiée sous la direction de Lucien Vogel, illustrée de nombreux croquis en noir dans le texte et de 50 planches sur double page en couleurs d'Alexandre Iacovleff.


Tirage limité à 720 exemplaires, celui-ci un des 500 dont les notes ont été imprimées sur Madagascar-Lafuma et les planches hors texte sur vélin pur chiffon Lafuma (n° 21, en rouge).


Après avoir accompagné en 1924, comme peintre officiel, l'expédition lancée par André Citroën en Afrique (voir lot 156), Alexandre Iacovleff participa en 1931-1932 à une autre expédition toujours menée par Georges Marie Haardt et Louis Auduin-Dubreuil, qui entraîna cette fois les explorateurs à travers l'Asie centrale, de la Perse jusqu'à la Chine.

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