Wegener Verineau (6 results)

Condition: Near Fine. Gerda Wegener (illustrator). First Limited Edition. 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 by Wegener for these prints. This delectable sexual bon bon is fairly scarce, with only three institutional holdings outside of France recorded on OCLC First Search, all these copies in the US. (And there are three recorded copies in France.) The portfolio ribbon ties have perished. There is a light film of soiling on the cover as well, and the inside of the spine has chipping and tears -- evident only when one opens the portfolio. But the leaves within were meant to be loose, and the leaves, both the text and plate leaves, are generally clean, and the plates are near pristine. Portfolio. Paper pastedown on boards and cloth spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. LIMITED EDITION. 1 vol., 10-1/4" x 7-7/8", 38pp. and illustrated with 12 additional hand-coloured pochoir plates by Gerda Wegener, limited to 350 copies, originally issued in a cloth backed portfolio this copy bound in contemporary full vellum, each plate bound opposite the corresponding text, internally clean and bright, some minor offsetting of plates to text otherwise a VERY GOOD copy. Gerda Wegener's (whose life is currently celebrated in "The Danish Girl") 12 aquarelles are not only considered one of the world's most artistic erotic paintings but her work also comes with a sensational backstory. Gerda's husband Einar served as a model for her aquarelles. Einar later underwent the world's first sex-change operation and became a woman. Gerda Gottlieb (1885-1940) rushed into the Royal Art Academy in Copenhagen to tell her classmates that fellow student-artist, Einar Wegener (1884-1931), had asked her to marry him. Gerda, who was Danish-Swedish, was beautiful and blonde; Einar was dark-haired and delicately handsome. She was nineteen, he a year older. They left for France to make their way in the Paris art world. The couple appeared passionately in love. One day on a whim, Einar picked up Gerda's dress and put it on. She took out her sketch pad and drew Einar as an ambiguous woman. As time passed, Einar dressed more and more as a woman, and Gerda used him as a model. The artistic work of both was well received, but Gerda was the more successful. By the mid-1920s she had become an important figure in the Paris art world as a portrait painter and and book illustrator. Louis Perceau (1883-1942), a French poet and writer, still renowned for his erotic works, asked Gerda Wegener to illustrate his book of erotic poetry, Douze Sonnets Lascifs, which was published in 1925. She created twelve watercolors which were individually silk-screened to accompany the 350 copies of the book. The portfolio was inserted in the book. The model for the dark-haired ambiguous woman in the aquarelles was Einar. Later, Einar underwent the world's first successful sex-change operation. The King of Denmark annulled the marriage between Gerda and Einar, who took the name "Lili Elbe." They lived together for a while but at Lili's insistence Gerda married a mutual friend, an Italian officer. Over the years most of the aquarelles were lost or bought by collectors. The portfolio was often removed from the original book of poetry?which was discarded.

First edition thus. 37 + 12 pp., 8 x 10 inches (portfolio), 9.5 x 7.75 inches (prints). Five folded (octavo) text signatures, plus twelve pochoir prints, laid into portfolio of printed paper and cloth over boards, as issued. Prints in fine condition, with occasional tiny spots of foxing not affecting images. Text signatures uncut and in very good condition, with age toning and offsetting to first and last blank page. Portfolio lightly soiled, with mild bumps to corner and small tear to interior paper pastedown, still very good, with remnants of the original ribbon closures. Gerda Wegener (1886ñ1940) was a Danish illustrator and painter whose representations of women challenged norms of gender and sexuality. She married fellow artist Einar Wegener while still a student; after their relocation to Paris, Einar adopted the name and persona of Lili Erbe. Wegener often used Lili as a model. In 1930, Lili was one of the first people to undergo sex reassignment surgery; she died of complications from the surgery the next year. The couple's story became internationally known through the novel The Danish Girl (published in 2000, and translated into a dozen languages), and the 2015 film of the same name.The twelve stunning pochoir prints (after the original watercolors) in this portfolio were originally issued alone in 1917; apparently neither that issue nor a 1921 issue sold well. In 1925 the publisher paired them with the Perceau sonnets. Each print bears Wegener's trademark black harlequin mask in a corner of the image as a signature.

. Illustrateur : WEGENER (Gerda). (illustrator). Paire de 2 estampes aquarellées au pochoir signées dans la planche de sa griffe masquée, Paris, Erotopolis, A l'Enseigne du Faune, 1925, ovale de 13 x 17.5 (format à vue), cercle de 14 cm. de diamètre (format à vue), 18.5 x 24.5 cm. (formats encadrés) cadres en bois. Gerda Wegener, (1885-1940), artiste danoise formée à l'École des Beaux-Arts de Copenhague, s'installe à Paris en 1912 et participe aux Salons d'Automne, des Humoristes et des Indépendants. Elle illustra de nombreux livres (La Fontaine, Le Divin Arétin, Allatini, Gautier, Casanova.), revues (Vogue, Journal des Dames et des Modes, Goût du Jour, La Vie Parisienne, La Baïonnette, Le Rire.) et remporta un grand succès grâce à ses dessins teintés d'humour et de sensualité. Son mari Einar Wegener, que l'on retrouve fréquemment dans ses oeuvres est son modèle favori. Une rétrospective lui a été consacrée à la Maison du Danemark, ainsi que le film "Danish Girl". Certaines de ses oeuvres sont exposées à Paris au Musée d'Art Moderne et au Centre Pompidou. Dutel, 1356 & 1434, Pia, 219. Cette paire l'une "Lecture au doigt mouillé" et l'autre "Culbute érotique". Douze sonnets lascifs pour accompagner la suite d'aquarelles intitulée les Délassements d'Eros. Oeuvre originale.

Erotopolis, A l'Enseigne du Faune, ( P. Maurice Duflou), 1925, grand In-8, en feuilles, sous chemise cartonnée ivoire éditeur, dos toilé. rubans de la chemise absents. Edition originale sur vergé du texte de Louis Perceau sous le pseudonyme d' Alexandre de Verineau.Merveilleuse suite sur vélin de 12 planches Art Déco érotiques et saphiques coloriées au pochoir de format ovale ou rond, signées d'un petit loup noir désignant l'artiste danoise Gerda Maria Frederikke Gottlieb-Wegener.Elle fut l'épouse de l'artiste Einar Wegener ( 1882-1931), l'une des premières femmes transgenre de l'histoire et son modèle favori, plus connue sous le nom de Lili Elbe."Devant la difficulté d'écouler ses illustrations seules, l'éditeur fit appel en 1925 à Louis Perceau qui composa Douze sonnets lascifs pour accompagner ces planches " . Dutel.Une des grandes réussites de l'illustration érotique du début du siècle. Livres.

. Illustrateur : WEGENER (Gerda). (illustrator). Aquarelle ovale signée en bas à gauche, (1925), 29 x 35 cm. (format à vue), cadre ovale doré. Artiste danoise, Gerda WEGENER (1885-1940), après des études à l'École des Beaux-Arts de Copenhague, s'installe à Paris en 1912 et participe aux Salons d'Automne, des Humoristes et des Indépendants. Elle illustra de nombreux livres et revues (Vogue, Journal des Dames et des Modes, La Vie Parisienne, La Baïonnette, Le Rire, la revue Montjoie.) et remporta un grand succès grâce à ses dessins teintés d'humour et de sensualité ou affleure l'érotisme. Son mari Einar Wegener, premier transsexuel, sous le nom de Lili Elbe, est son modèle favori. En 1912, le couple s'installe en France et deviennent amis avec la bohème internationale de l'époque dont Guillaume Apollinaire. Elle reçoit à l'Exposition internationale des Arts décoratifs et industriels modernes (1925) deux médailles d'or. Une rétrospective lui a été consacrée à la Maison du Danemark et une autre au Musée Arken de Copenhague (2016). Certaines de ses oeuvres sont exposées à Paris au Musée d'Art Moderne et au Musée Georges Pompidou. Sur le thème du bal masqué Gerda Wegener réalise cette scène érotique de trois personnages costumés, aquarelle préparatoire aux "Douze sonnets lascifs pour accompagner la suite d'aquarelles intitulée les Délassements d'Eros" sur un texte du poète Louis Perceau-Verineau. Usures infimes taches et petits accidents au cadre. uvre originale.