Collection David Weill: Tome Troisieme: Dessins. [2 Vols.]
Paris: De Braun et Cie, 1928. No. 35. Paperback. Both volumes: Florentine-style marbled wraps, folio size, with title labels laid on; black lettering. 531 pp. within the two volumes, full of single-sided plates in bw and sepia, each with a tissue guard. Deckled edges. Heavy at 12 pounds and will require extra postage. Contents VG- clean and tight but shelf wear to very outer edges of pages. Covers and spines wearing with some chipping and tearing; back cover of Vol. II is missing some of the fore- and lower edge. Old damp stain to back cover of Vol. I, but it hasn't affected the contents. Item #162687
Text in French. This is the third part of the collection ONLY (the drawings), in two volumes. Printed specifically for a small number of Weill's friends and a few public libraries. This set is No. 35, although there is no indication of how many were printed in total. David-Weill began to collect from an early age. His acquisitions included paintings, drawings, miniatures, sculpture, furniture, silverware and other items. He became president of the council of French national museums and vice president of the Friends of the Louvre. His collection was looted by the Nazis during the Second World War and, according to German records, 2687 items seized. In later life he donated more than 2000 items to museums and galleries, including the Guimet Museum, the Louvre, and universities at New York, Hamburg, Leiden, Honolulu, and Stockholm. He donated to the libraries of the Museum of Man and the National Institute of Art History, to which he gave the manuscript and journal of Eugène Delacroix. He gave his Chinese bronzes to the Musée Guimet, and his cloisonné objects to the Musée des Arts Décoratifs. He was born in San Francisco in 1871 and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine on 7 July 1952. Parts of his collection were sold in a series of auctions in 1970. (Wikipedia) Works by Augustin, Boucher, Degas, Fragonard, Gros, Guardi, Ingres, Lepicie, Moreau, Watteau, and several others.
Price: $150.00