Lot 167
Genet (Jean) Miracle de la Rose, first edition, number 90 of 475 copies, signed presentation inscription from the author to Boris Kochno, Lyon, L'Arbalète, 1946.
Hammer Price: £1,600
Description
Genet (Jean) Miracle de la Rose, first edition, number 90 of 475 copies, signed presentation inscription from the author to "à Boris Kochno trouve ici, mon cher Boris avec mon affection notre terrain commun pour les Fanfares! Jean Genet" to half-title printed in red and black, old receipt and auction label loosely inserted, original boards, rubbing to extremities, with a heavily browned, chipped and worn glacine dust-jacket, 4to, Lyon, L'Arbalète, 1946.
⁂ An excellent association copy inscribed to the Russian dancer, librettist and ballet director Boris Kochno.
Kochno (1904-90) became Sergei Diaghilev's secretary and occasional lover at a young age and rose to become his collaborator at the Ballet Russes. Upon Diaghilev's death, Kochno inherited a number of his effects and attempted (but failed) to hold the Ballet Russes together. He moved to France and became an influential figure in French ballet. His later lover, the artist and designer Christian Bérard designed the sets for Genet's Les Bonnes.
Description
Genet (Jean) Miracle de la Rose, first edition, number 90 of 475 copies, signed presentation inscription from the author to "à Boris Kochno trouve ici, mon cher Boris avec mon affection notre terrain commun pour les Fanfares! Jean Genet" to half-title printed in red and black, old receipt and auction label loosely inserted, original boards, rubbing to extremities, with a heavily browned, chipped and worn glacine dust-jacket, 4to, Lyon, L'Arbalète, 1946.
⁂ An excellent association copy inscribed to the Russian dancer, librettist and ballet director Boris Kochno.
Kochno (1904-90) became Sergei Diaghilev's secretary and occasional lover at a young age and rose to become his collaborator at the Ballet Russes. Upon Diaghilev's death, Kochno inherited a number of his effects and attempted (but failed) to hold the Ballet Russes together. He moved to France and became an influential figure in French ballet. His later lover, the artist and designer Christian Bérard designed the sets for Genet's Les Bonnes.
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