La guitare endormie (The Sleeping Guitar)
1919 · Octavo, frontispiece portrait of Reverdy by Gris. 37 poems illustrated with three monochrome illustrations by Gris, each with additional coloring by hand. Unique full turquoise, polished calf binding by Georges Leroux with his signature in gilt and dated 1967. Boards and spine with elaborate decorative collage resembling a Cubist work by Gris composed of wooden inserts, gilt tooling and inlaid polished calf sections, in a variety of colors and forms with additional crushed Morocco. Gold leaf and black calf lettering, title gilt to spine, suede-lined calf-backed wooden board chemise with gilt title to spine, and matching slipcase. Issued with an original pencil drawing for one of the reproductions, and an original folded manuscript of one of the poems by Pierre Reverdy.
book, closed: 7 13/16 × 5 13/16 × 3/4" (19.8 × 14.8 × 1.9 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
