THE ILLUSTRATED MODERNIST Appearing every Saturday N°...

THE ILLUSTRATED MODERNIST
Appearing every Saturday
N° 1, April 6, 1889-N° 23, September 28, 1889. Paris, Director : André Henry, Editor in chief : G. Albert Aurier, Editorial secretary : Gaston Lapierre. Texts by Albert Aurier (under his name or under the pseudonyms of Marc d'Escaurailles, Mascarille, Luc Le Flaneur, etc.), Louis-Pilate de Brinn'Gaubast, Georges Darien, Rodolphe Darzens, Édouard Dubus, Paul Gauguin, Julien Leclercq, Charles Morice, Gabriel Randon, Paul Roinard, Saint-Pol Roux Illustrations by Audran, Albert Aurier, Émile Bernard, Paul Gauguin, Victor Martin, Georges Redon, Gustave Rouault, Marcel Ruty, Torkos, etc. Complete collection. 23 numbers in 23 issues in 1 vol. large in-4 bound. Handwritten notes by Vasseur (1 f.). Of the greatest rarity.
Founded and directed by Gabriel-Albert Aurier (one of the greatest art critics of his time along with Félix Fénéon), Le Moderniste illustré published the first articles by Émile Bernard and Paul Gauguin (his "Notes sur l'art à l'exposition universelle" and a pamphlet: "Qui tromper-t-on ici?"). Le Moderniste will join La Pléiade then, these two reviews gave birth to the Mercure de France.