[Art] Hugo, Jean] Group of 8 Presentation Copies

1. Jammes, Francis, and Valentine Hugo
Pomme D'Anis
Paris: Emile-Paul Freres, 1923. First and limited edition, #114/700 numbered copies on Rives paper (from a total edition of 765). 8vo. Presentation copy, inscribed by Jean Hugo on half-title to his friend, Richard Wattenmaker: "For Richard Wattenmaker who knows the secret of these illustrations Jean Hugo Mas de Fourques 22. x. 69". Illustrated with an etched frontispiece and seven etched plates, by Valentine Hugo (although, Valentine's name crossed out on title-page, with "Jean" written in pencil); each plate with green tissue guard. Publisher's stiff printed wrappers, lightly faded.

2. [Shakespeare, William] [Hugo, Jean] Cocteau, Jean
Romeo et Juliette...
Paris: Au Sans Pareil, 1926. First and limited edition, #294/350 copies on velin Montgolfier d'Annonay (from a total edition of 420). 4to. Presentation copy, inscribed by Hugo on half-title to the same recipient as above: "for Richard Wattenmaker Jean Hugo Fourques 22. x. 69". Illustrated with hand-colored frontispiece, vignette on title-page, 11 hand-colored plates, and eight hand-colored head-pieces, by Hugo. Publisher's stiff printed wrappers; light toning and scattered spotting to text and plates; in publisher's pictorial paper-covered board portfolio, ties intact, toned and lightly worn.

3. [Hugo, Jean] Bibesco, Princesse (Elizabeth)
Le Perroquet Vert
Paris: Editions Jeanne Walter, 1929. First and limited edition, #238/280 numbered copies on velin d'Arches (from a total edition of 330). Presentation copy, inscribed by Hugo on half-title to same recipient, "for Richard Wattenmaker Jean Hugo Mas de Fourques 22. x. 69". Text in black and in green. Illustrated with color lithographic frontispiece, three color lithographic plates, and 19 color lithographic in-text illustrations. Publisher's stiff printed wrappers; in glassine; text partially unopened.

4. [Hugo, Jean] Maurois, Andre
Climats
Paris: A La Societe D'Edition "Le Livre", 1929. First and limited edition, #173/240 numbered copies on Arches paper (from a total edition of 305). 4to. Presentation copy, inscribed by Hugo on half-title to same recipient, "for Richard Wattenmaker Jean Hugo Mas de Fourques 22. x. 69". Text printed in purple and in black. With 24 pochoir plates by Jean Saude, after gouaches by Hugo. Publisher's stiff printed wrappers, in glassine; scattered light spotting to text.

5. [Hugo, Jean]
Etablissements Nicolas...
Paris, 1933. 8vo. Presentation copy, inscribed by Hugo on title-page to same recipient, "for Richard Wattenmaker a list of wines where muscat de Lunel is omitted Jean Hugo 22. x. 69". With numerous color illustrations by Hugo. Publisher's pictorial stiff spiral-bound wrappers, in glassine and original envelope.

6. [Hugo, Jean] Racine, Jean
Phedre...
(Paris): Editions Pierre Tisne, (1946). First and limited edition, #2/6 copies on Japon paper (from a total edition of 436). 4to. Presentation copy, inscribed by Hugo on half-title to same recipient, "for Richard Wattenmaker Jean Hugo Fourques 22. x. 69". Illustrated with a suite of 12 black and white lithographs on china paper, loose as issued, and numerous color lithographs, by Hugo; lacking original gouache. Publisher's stiff printed wrappers; scattered foxing to text and prints; in glassine and paper-covered board fall-down-back box.

7. [Hugo, Jean]
Jaeger's Natural History
(London, 1953). Square 12mo. Presentation copy, inscribed by Hugo in white gouache on inner front wrapper, to same recipient, "To Richard & Eva Wattenmaker from Jean Hugo". With numerous color illustrations by Hugo. Publisher's stiff printed pictorial wrappers.

8. Hugo, Jean
Avant d'oublier 1918-1931
(Paris): Fayard, (1976). First edition. 8vo. Presentation copy, inscribed by Hugo on half-title to same recipient, "For Richard and Eva with love Jean Hugo". Publisher's stiff printed wrappers.

The Collection of Richard J. and Eva Wattenmaker, Pennsylvania

This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Raphaël Chatroux

VP, Head of Department, Impressionist & Modern Art

raphaelchatroux@freemansauction.com 267.414.1253

Raphaël Chatroux is the Head of Department for Freeman's Impressionist & Modern Art.

Chatroux joined Freeman’s in 2016 as a Fine Art department intern. Later that year, he was the Samuel M. Freeman II Fellowship recipient and was promoted to cataloguer. Since his arrival, he has developed an expertise for a wide range of American and European art. He worked closely with Chairman Alasdair Nichol on the successful sales of The Collections of Heidi Bigham Stott in 2020 and The Peltz Collection of Pennsylvania Impressionists in 2021. Chatroux is associated with recent world records obtained for artists Cecilia Beaux, Emma Fordyce McRae, and Bo Bartlett. He was also instrumental in the acquisition of a Berthe Morisot oil painting by the Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris. As a native of France, Chatroux has worked in various art centers in Paris including Hôtel Drouot, where he oversaw auctions of fine wine and good spirits and the Palace of Versailles, where he conceived and curated several bilingual audio-guide tours. Chatroux graduated from Paris-Sorbonne University with a degree in art history; he also holds a master’s degree in art law.

Lynda Cain

VP, Head of Department, American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts

lyndacain@freemansauction.com 267.414.1237

Lynda Cain serves as a Vice President of Freeman's and is the Head of Department for American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts.
She specializes in American furniture and decorative arts, Native American art, American folk art, and Pennsylvania furniture and decorative arts.
Cain joined Freeman's in 2001 as the company's first American furniture and decorative arts specialist. She began her career in American Decorative Arts as assistant curator at the Detroit Historical Museum. In 1984 she became curator of costume at the Detroit Historical Museum. In 1986, she relocated to Cambridge, Massachusetts and switched from museum work when she joined the American Furniture and Decorative Art Department at Skinner Inc., Bolton and Boston, Massachusetts. Before leaving New England in 1997, she had the great pleasure of directing the cataloguing project of the Folk Art Collection of Nine Fletcher and Bertram K. Little at Cogswell’s Grant, Essex, Massachusetts for the Society of the Preservation of New England Antiquities, now Historic New England. Ms. Cain joined the cast of the popular PBS series Antiques Roadshow in Season 19.
Growing up in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, she was greatly influenced by the rich collections of American paintings, furniture, and decorative arts held by Greenfield Village and the Henry Ford Museum. She notes her good fortune of working in our two great “attic states:” Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. Each Commonwealth has tremendous inventory of historic material, great institutions, and citizens who treasure their inherited and collected items. Cain appears on the television Antiques Roadshow as an appraiser of decorative and folk arts.

For the Love of Barnes: The Collection of Dr. Richard J. Wattenmaker

[Art] Hugo, Jean] Group of 8 Presentation Copies

For the Love of Barnes: The Collection of Dr. Richard J. Wattenmaker

[Art] Hugo, Jean] Group of 8 Presentation Copies

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