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Bleu
Blanc Rouge. Dessins de Paul Iribe. Plaquette Nº 3. France. (1932).
Paul
Iribe (1883 -1935)
12 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches
March 1932
[Volume 3]: (2 blank), (17), (1
blank) pages [24 cm]. One full-page and 4 double-page black & white
illustrations and one in color tipped in. Blue, white and red [the
tricolore] paper covers with large "N" in white.
Volume 3]: The shots
fired here are aimed not only at the USA but other countries as well. The
entire text consists of captions for the illustrations. The first shows a
line-up of the four bad guys – 45° vodka, a beer stein, old whisky, and
blue rock mineral water, with the caption "at this time the world is
getting drunk on terrible poisons." The first double illustration is
of the USSR sweeping out grain and oil, captioned "Utopia" and
"Dumping." Next comes Germany with an illustration of factories
on a river flowing with dollars and pounds, captioned
"Mechanization" and "The gold of the Rhine." Third is
Britain, with a floating crate labelled "Buy British" and a
drowning banker clutching £100 notes, captioned "Imperialism"
and "Freedom of the Seas." Fourth is the USA, with gun-toting
skyscrapers, captioned "Megalomania" and "the Arbiter of
the World." Finally there is France, in color, on a blue sky
background, showing a farm family at dinner with a bottle of wine,
captioned "But when you drink wine you don't lose your head."
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One panel of double page lithographs
shown
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The illustrator and
cartoonist Paul Iribe (Angoulême 1883 - Menton 1935) was editor during
the war of [19]14 of the famous magazine Le mot whose contributors
included Dufy, Sem and Cocteau. He illustrated a number of periodicals,
L'Assiette au beurre, Le Canard sauvage, le cri de Paris.
Chiefly remembered for the
extraordinary work he did for Paul
Poiret, his tremendously eclectic output included jewelry
and fashion design, art direction, ( Hollywood in the 20’s ), and his
forte, illustration. The latter combined with his skills as a caricaturist
and cartoonist served him admirably as the publisher and chief
illustrator of the magazine “Le Mot”.
Collaborating alongside such illustrious contemporaries as Sem,
Dufy and Jean Cocteau, Iribe
often directed his considerable talents to wickedly pointed, social and
political satire.
Condition
Spine and edges slightly
bumped with minimal wear. Interior very clean. VG+
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