COLLECTION OF 9 ORIGINAL DRAWINGS, with title and dedication sheets, The Bull, The Calf, The Mackerel, The Cat, The Rabbit, The Toad, The Cow, The Hen [1906]; small notebook in-4 (26,3 x 18,8 cm) of 11 ff. on
Johannot-Montgolfier d'Annonay paper, graphite and India ink.
Original artwork for this zoological album of nine drawings, published in 1906, including the nine original drawings, including La Bête à Bon Dieu, not mentioned on the title page, as well as the dedication to Laurent Tailhade.
Described as a "zoological album", it gathers nine caricatures of characters, designated by animal names. The album Le Taureau, Le
Veau, Le Maquereau, Le Chat, Le Lapin, La Bête à Bon Dieu, Le Crapaud, La Vache, La Poule (Grande Imprimerie de Montrouge, H. Belleville, Paris, [1906]) was most probably published on author's account, sold for 10 F (a few copies on large paper were reserved for the author and his friends); it consists of a title forming a cover, a dedication to Laurent Tailhade and nine plates of drawings by Sacha Guitry.
PROVENANCE Sacha Guitry. The André Bernard collection (17-18 November 2011, no. 79).
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