DELAUNAY, Sonia (1885-1979, illustrator). Ses Peintures, ses Objets, ses Tissus Simultanés, ses Modes. Préface d' André Lhote. Poèmes de Cendrars, Delteil, Tzara, Soupault. Paris: Librairie des Arts Décoratifs, [1925]. Folio (566 x 380mm). Title and half title on a single bifolium, text on a separate single bifolium [i.e. 4-pages], 20 fine pochoir-coloured plates of textile and costume designs by Sonia Delaunay, each bearing the stamped [i.e. printed] signature of the artist and printed dates, variously 1912-25 (plate 20 without the stamped signature and date, one plate cleanly torn at margin without loss, some very light marginal browning to plates, title and text bifolia spotted). Unbound, as issued, in original decorated portfolio, silver-wire ties (portfolio lightly rubbed and stained). Provenance: from the Collection of the late Professor Bernard Nevill (1930-2019). Please see the relevant extended note on this provenance to lot 217. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, the inside front cover of the portfolio inscribed, "à Monsieur Bernard Nevill, Sonia Delaunay, 23-9-69."
