LES FÂCHEUX. THÉÂTRE SERGE DE DIAGHILEV by Braque - 1924

Paris: Editions Des Quatre Chemins, 1924. Paris: Éditions des Quatre Chemins, 1924. Two volumes. 4to, color pictorial wrappers by Georges Braque. Short splits to joints at spine extremities else very fresh in the publisher’s red-lettered yellow chemise (some soiling) and plain box (splitting). One of 40 copies on Van Gelder paper of an edition of 500. The first volume with facsimile plate of music by Georges Auric, who composed the score, a portrait of Auric by Jean Cocteau, and text by Cocteau and Louis Laloy. With 23 lovely pochoir- colored plates from Braque’s designs for costume and decor for the ballet . Published under the direction of Boris Kochno; plates executed by the ateliers of Daniel Jacomet. The second volume has 22 photographic plates of the dancers and a portrait of Braque after a Man Ray photograph. The ballet, from Molière’s play Les Fâcheux, was choreographed by Bronislava Nijinsky for Diaghilev and presented in January 1924 in Monte Carlo. Cocteau on the importance of Braque’s contribution: "Dès le lever du rideau Braque saute la rampe d’un bond, sans effort, la main dans la main de Molière. il était le chorégraphe réel et. Madame Nijinksa ne pouvait que le suivre. La vraie danse des Fâcheux se fait entre les beiges, les jaunes, les marrons, les gris." Niles & Leslie, page 75. . Color Pictorial Wrappers. Fine.. Illus. by Braque.. 4to.