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The Lovers' Travelogue by Raymond Peynet
Price £30.00
Curiously charming vintage book by French artist and designer, Raymond
Peynet (1908-1999), who became world renowned in the 1950s and ‘60s for
his whimsical characters, ‘Les Amoreux de Peynet’ (Peynet’s Lovers): a
bowler-hatted poet and his fiancee– the long-suffering subject of his
romantic overtures. The lovers were recreated on porcelain, scarves,
dolls, books, film, statues (such as the one in Hiroshima, Japan) –
where the message they conveyed was one of peace, love and enduring
romance. Peynet’s books were first published in the UK by Perpetua and
this copy is dated 1955. The book measures 20.5 x 16 cm. Very good
vintage condition. With introduction by Kaye Webb.Cover very slightly warped.