Bidspirit auction | Marcel Arland “Terre natale.” 14

Marcel Arland “Terre natale.” 14 etchings by D. Galanis, Ex. 94/400, 1945, in French Paris, Nouvelle Revue Française, 1945; 231 pp., illustrated wrappers, edition of 400 copies, this being one of 94 numbered copies Text set in Bodoni italics by the Dumoulin printing house, etchings by Camille Quesneville. The copper plates were scratched after printing. This copy is not cut. Soft cover wrapper. 25.3 x19.5 cm. Edges of front cover, rear cover and spine are browned. Spine with tears lower half and at top. Light soiling to font endpaper and title page. Marcel Arland (5 July 1899, Varennes-sur-Amance, Haute-Marne – 12 January 1986, Haute-Marne) was a French novelist, literary critic, and journalist. Demetrios Galanis (Greek: Δημήτριος Γαλάνης, 17 May 1879, Athens – 20 March 1966, Paris) was an early twentieth-century Greek artist and friend of Picasso. In 1920, the year he completed his Seated Nude (private collection), he exhibited alongside such major figures of modern art as Matisse and Braque, while from 1921 on he also exhibited alongside Juan Gris, Dufy, Chagall, and Picasso