


In 1894 he participated in the first Salon de la Libre Esthétique, and in 1896 he took part in the Salon de l’Art Indépendant in Paris. However, he was particularly attracted to Egyptian statuary, Japanese art and the Italian primitives, before he discovered the work of Puvis de Chavannes. Small and unassuming, they include poems by such celebrated authors as André Gide, Gustave Kahn, Henri de Regnier, Emile Verhaeren, Stuart Merrill, Camille Mauclair, and many others.īenezit Dictionary of Art mentions that as a young artist Donnay spent “five months in Paris, where he got to know the Nabis. Rassenfosse (1862-1934) under the watchful supervision of poet and editor Robert de Souza (1864-1946), a disciple of Stéphane Mallarmé. These rare fin-d-siècle almanacs were designed by the Belgian artists Auguste Donnay (1862-1921) and A. Volumes for 18 illustrated by Auguste Donnay for 1897 by A.

(Paris: Edition du Mercure de France, 1896-1898). Areas of discoloration.L’Almanach des poètes pour l’année. Barry MoserThe quilt, assembled a various pieces of cotton, exhibits several tears and areas where the filling has become exposed due to rough usage. The quilt: A Pieced Cotton Log Cabin Quilt, circa 192573 x 65 inches.Property from the Collection of Mr. With a signed statement from Moser recounting his friendship with Rudisill which developed over the course of illustrating this book, and resulted in her sending Moser a gift of a family quilt with log cabin design, which Truman Capote had while he was a boy. ACCOMPANIED BY AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR DRAWING FOR AN ILLUSTRATION, a portrait of Truman Capote's cousin, Jenny Faulk, signed and dated 1989. FIRST EDITION of a cookbook collected by Truman Capote's aunt. Illustrated with watercolors by Barry Moser. Memories and Traditional Receipts from the Deep South. Originally written in 1946 as a gift for Capote's aunt, it was not published until three years before this illustrated edition. Accompanied by another signed copy (no dust jacket).
