France Illustration magazine - Special issue for Christmas 1954. Measures about 10 5/8" x 14". Text in French.

This issue contains an article on the artist Edouard Manet with six tipped-in plates reproducing his work. There is also an article on modern art created by the "New School of Paris" with ten more tipped-in plates, including works by Brianchon, Mottet, Villon, de Stael, and others. And there is a feature on Georges Braque, with photographs of him at his home in Varengeville. There are also many colorful advertisements characteristic of the early 1950s.

Condition: The magazine is complete, with both covers. There are no address labels, cut-outs, pen/pencil notations, or similar flaws. There are tears across the top and bottom of the spine, and the front and back covers are beginning to separate from the spine at the top. Still, the binding has held up and the purchaser can re-glue the top of the spine. The tipped-in plates are in excellent condition.

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