Alexandre IACOVLEFF - Lot 217

Alexandre IACOVLEFF Dessins et peintures d'Asie. Executed during the Citroën Centre-Asia Expedition [...] Paris, Jules Meynial under the direction of Lucien Vogel, [1934]. In-folio (380 x 277 mm). Sheet boards and text booklet sewn Japanese-style in black raffia, in fibro-parchment slipcase, first cover printed in black and blue, black cotton laces (Spick). case cracked, a little yellowed. First edition. 50 double-page color plates by Alexandre Iacovleff and numerous black sketches in the text. Limited edition of 720 copies. After being the official painter for André Citroën's expedition to Africa in 1924, Alexandre Iacovleff took part in the third mission led by Georges Marie Haardt and Louis Auduin-Dubreuil in 1931-1932, a new automobile raid, this time across Asia, from Beirut to Peking.