Jacques MAJORELLE (1886-1962) Tamtergah, Ouneïn... Lot 1

Jacques MAJORELLE (1886-1962) Tamtergah, Ouneïn Valley, Grand Atlas, Tigmi Amrar. Plate on cardboard in quadrichromy with gold and silver highlights. 37 x 27 cm Extract from the Portfolio "The Kasbahs of the Atlas" published by Lucien Vogel at Jules Maynial, 1930, n°23. Completed on October 15, 1930, the portfolio of "Kasbahs of the Atlas" was published to 520 copies only, and initially included 30 plates, luxurious reproductions of the artist's favorite views, selected by him: sites, characters or villages of the Atlas, without geographical or chronological classification. Jacques Majorelle's first foray into southern Morocco was in 1919. On his return, he published "Carnet de route d'un peintre dans l'Atlas et l'Anti-Atlas", a journal recounting his journey. It is between 1928 and 1929 that he realized the major part of his views of the Atlas that we find in this edition of 1930. Guy de Wendel, senator of Moselle, underlined the unique character of this publication by declaring "that Jacques Majorelle organized at his own expense perilous explorations in the Atlas region, where our soldiers had not yet penetrated, and brought back remarkable studies of landscapes that were unknown until then. On his return, he published "Carnet de route d'un peintre dans l'Atlas et l'Anti-Atlas", a journal recounting his journey. It is between 1928 and 1929 that he realized the major part of his views of the Atlas that we find in this edition of 1930.