Mitsou: Quarante images par Baltusz - Rotapfel-Verlag 1921

Balthus was 11 years old when, in Nyon, he found a cat that he adopted and quickly lost. The child recounted this story in about forty drawings, which the poet Rilke had published, adding a text of his own.
Published in 1921 by Rotapfel-Verlag of Erlenbach-Zürich and Leipzig. This original edition include thirteen pages of text and forty leaves of plates. Preface in French by Rainer Maria Rilke. Balthus's dedication reads: A MON CHER/ARSÈNE DAVITCHO/B.K. (To my dear/Arsène Davitcho/B.K. [Balthasar Klossowski de Rola]).

55p - FR - 25x19,3cm - softcover - very good condition