[JAPANESE ESTAMPES] VIGNIER, Charles - LEBEL, Jean - INADA, - Lot 55

[JAPANESE ESTAMPES] VIGNIER, Charles - LEBEL, Jean - INADA, M. Catalogues des expositions au musée d'arts décoratifs. Paris, des Ateliers photo-mécaniques D.-A. Longuet, 1911-1914. 4 vol. in-folio. In sheets, in half-maroquin flap folder, two spine bands, gilt title, gilt fillet decoration and green morocco band, in slipcase. Kiyonaga - Buncho - Sharaku. 1911. Edition of 125 numbered copies. 54 explanatory pages. 102 plates. Plates 6 and 7 are unnumbered, in color and paginated 55. Utamaro... 1912. Edition of 130 numbered copies. 114 plates. With one plate XXXVII bis (115 plates). Yeishi, Choki, Hokusai, 1913. Edition of 130 numbered copies. 118 plates. Toyokuni Hiroshigé. 1914. 130 numbered copies. 100 plates hors-texte. A total of 435 plates, some in color. Set of Japanese prints from the collections of Messrs. Bing, Bouasse-Lebel, Bullier, comte de Camondo, mme E. Chausson, Chialiva ... [and others] and exhibited at the Musée des arts décoratifs in January 1913. Catalog compiled by MM. Vignier and Jean Lebel, with the collaboration of M. Inada. Six exhibitions of Japanese prints organized by Raymond Koechlin (1860-1931) at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs between 1909 and 1914: 66 Japanese collectors, mostly French, loaned over 2,300 works accumulated in their portfolios throughout the Japanese vogue that had reigned in Paris since the mid-19th century. These works are by 130 different artists - students or masters - whose names are sometimes still unknown to the public. A few months after the inauguration of each section, 6 catalogs were published. We present the last four catalogs. Impressive documentation of rare Japanese prints. Beginnings of cracks to some cases. One flap detached.