Labisse Félix (1905-1982) Fleurs de trottoir, illustrated su - Lot 107

Labisse Félix (1905-1982) Fleurs de trottoir, illustrated suite for a text by Gustave Nellens Large folio, in publisher's blue cloth folder and slipcase, spine titled in gold. Illustrated with 10 original color lithographs and drawings by Félix Labisse accompanying Gustave Nellens' erotic-poetic text Fleurs de trottoir, printed on Arches pur chiffon vellum and comprising 20 poems/short texts. Limited edition of 150 copies: 20 numbered in Roman numerals, accompanied by a suite of lithographs on Japon nacré signed, and 130 numbered in Arabic numerals. Copy no. 87/130, justified on the colophon, signed in pencil by Félix Labisse, with printed signature stamp of Gustave Nellens, who died before the book was published. Dimensions: 45x39x4.5 cm Félix Labisse (1905-1982), a painter and illustrator close to Surrealism, developed a world where female figures, theatricality and symbolism mingle. Gustave Nellens (1907-1971), director of the Casino de Knokke and a great supporter of artists active in Belgium, wrote the texts for Fleurs de trottoir, published shortly after his death. The book is the result of their collaboration: twenty poems by Nellens inspired by the women of the street, set to pictures by Labisse, who created a suite of original lithographs for the edition, playing on eroticism, allegory and graphic stylization. Internal ref.: A4899