Portfolio. Paper pastedown on boards and cloth spine
1925 · Paris
by de Verineau, Alexandre [Louis Perceau]. Illustrations by Gerda Wegener (1885-1940)
Paris: Erotopolis [Maurice Duflou] (A l'Enseigne du Faune), 1925. First Limited Edition. Portfolio. Paper pastedown on boards and cloth spine. Near Fine. Gerda Wegener. Twelve playful naughty richly colored pochoir plates designed by Wegener depicting a hedonistic frivolity to the lesbian lovers. Portfolio is 25.5 by 19.5 cm. 37 paginated pages -- blank flip side of leaves counted in pagination, but plates are not. In the illustrations creates a tapestry that fuses the opulent clothing with the female bodies, the explicitness sometimes concealed while being in plain sight. In each there is a tiny mask in a lower corner, this being a sort of signature (truncated)