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CHAIM SOUTINE (1893-1943): CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ / WERKVERZEICHNIS - SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR
(SOUTINE, CHAIM). Tuchman, Maurice, Esti Dunow & Klaus Perls. Koln, GERMANY: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 1993. First Edition. Small Folio. Cloth in Jackets, Slipcased. Catalogue Raisonné. Fine/Fine. 500 + 280pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English, French and German. This massive, scholarly two volume set authored by the late Los Angeles County Museum of Art chief curator Maurice Tuchman is the most comprehensive reference on Chaim Soutine published to date. Copiously illustrated, it contains a full catalogue raisonné of four hundred and ninety-two painted works by the twentieth century French master divided into the subjects of Landscapes, Still Lifes, and Portraits. A brand new, most handsome example of the oversized 1993 Taschen first edition in slipcase of this indispensable reference additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "For ..., / With great / affection, / As ever, / Maurice / April 94" from the author and editor to a Museum colleague in black ink on the title page of the first volume. 3-8228-9504-4 Inventory Number: 026763