Ingrand, Paule Lot n° 713

FRÉNAUD, André Soleil irréductible. Neuchatel et Paris Ides et Calendes, "Ides poétiques" (1946) In-4°. Br. in publisher's cover (spotting and dampness at top of boards, browning to white endpapers). First edition, printed in an edition of 1,025 copies and 32 uncut copies, one of the 7 nominative uncut copies on Marais, printed for the author (1st paper, no. VI). Enriched with a poem aut. "Paris" dedicated "To my dear Paule [Ingrand] who helps me to live in the polar cold, with my deep tenderness, André". Prov. Paule Ingrand, née Paulette Rouquier (1910-1997), French artist, wife of master glassmaker Max Ingrand, from whom she separated in 1946. She continued her activities in Belgium (dispatch). Joint: 1-4. Id. - 4 l.a.s. to "Chère Paule" [Ingrand], Paris, Bénodet (Bretagne), August and September 1945. 7 pp. in various formats, 1 envel. cons. Including one evoking Paule's breakup with Max. - 5-6. 2 b/w photogr. portraits of A. Frénaud. 13.5 x 8.5 cm. - 7. Rodicq, A.M. - Carte de voeux ill. par lui avec envoi aut. s. S.l.n.d. - 8-92. Ingrand, Paule - 85 drawings, sketches and studies. 1946-1978. Various techniques, papers and formats, most signed with the artist's stamp (rare marg. tears, traces of paper clip on qs ff.). Mostly portraits: J. Cocteau, A. Toynbee, G. Flaubert, Ch. Darwin, Lanza del Vasto, E. Vittorini, many self-portraits (e.g. during eye surgery), his daughter Marianne, his mother, etc. - 93-95. 3 unsigned drawings. (96 pcs)