Cantique spirituel

Racine, Jane. Cantique spirituel. Etchings by Jacques Villon. Raoul Mortier, Paris, L'Imprimerie Union,
1945. Copy #75. Entire edition 225 on velin d'Arches as this. Copies 1-5 contain a suite ofetchings on Japon. Folio. Page size 16 7/8" x 12 3/4" Original unbound sheets with thicker covers.
With five original full or half page etchings in black and white by Jacques Villon.Etchingsprotected by tissue guards Occasional minor faint foxing in spots. Board slipcase. Text printed by
L'Imprimerie Union in Paris; etchings printed on 23 January 1945 at the presses of Leblanc, Paris.Designer Jean Delmas.
"With a network of finely etched lines (truncated) recalling the engraving style of the 17th century, Villon hascreated plates of baroque splendor and brilliance" The Artist and the Book 186-1960 #312.
Ref: Ginestet Colette de et Catherine Pouillon. Jacques Villon Les Estampes et les IllustrationsCatalogue Raisonné. Paris: Arts et Métiers Graphiques, 1979. E 484 - 488; Rauch #181;
Bibliothèque Jacques Villon, no 130 (Inventory #: 41221)