Folio. 50 color lithographed plates. Text volume in original wrappers; plates loose as issued in original publisher’s printed board portfolio, cloth ties.  Provenance: Louis V. Ledoux (1880-1948), American poet, George Edward Woodberry scholar, Japanese print collector (letter laid-in). 

 

LIMITED EDITION, number 147 of 500 copies, SIGNED BY IACOVLEFF in pencil to half-title. During 1931-1932, Iacovleff was the artistic adviser to the Croisière Jaune expedition sponsored by the car maker Citroën. The artwork Iacovleff produced during this expedition includes this series of portraits of the peoples and landscapes of central Asia. [Laid in:] Autograph letter signed “Iacovleff” to Louis V. Ledoux, n.d.

[With:] 3 autograph letters signed, from Iacovleff to Louis V. Ledoux, 1936. Coordinating travel and arranging for Iacovleff to do a drawing of Ledoux.