BENOIT (Pierre), MAUROIS (André), COCTEAU (Jean). Maurice Ut - Lot 241

BENOIT (Pierre), MAUROIS (André), COCTEAU (Jean). Maurice Utrillo, V. Paris, Joseph Foret, 1956. In-folio. Leaves, in publisher's cover, hardback folder and slipcase, blue title throughout. First edition. With preface by Sacha Guitry and unpublished texts by Pierre Benoit, André Maurois, Jean Cocteau, Edmond Heuzé and others... Illustrated with 11 original lithographs by Utrillo, including 8 in color, 2 in sepia and 1 in black, accompanied by a lithograph by Suzanne Valadon, and a lithograph after a pastel by Lucie Valore, artist and wife of Utrillo. Limited edition. One of 10 copies hors commerce on Marais pur fils signed by the publisher (no. X). Enriched with the subscription prospectus. Anecdotal flaws to the slipcase, discreet scattered brown spots. ARTIST'S BOOK. MODERN ART. ECOLE DE PARIS. UTRILLO.