Lot 214: SATIE, Erik (1866-1925) and MARTIN, Charles (1884-1934). Sports & Divertiss

SATIE, Erik (1866-1925) and MARTIN, Charles (1884-1934). Sports & Divertissements. Paris: Lucien Vogel, 1914 [but 1923]. A fne copy of the deluxe frst edition of Erik Satie’s “superb marriage of style and idea” (Gillmor). This copy is no. 156 of 225. Lucien Vogel had originally approached Igor Stravinsky to compose music for Martin’s playful Art Deco designs, but when he turned down the commission, it was ofered to Satie. Satie presents his avant-garde musical sketches with humorous directions such as “moderately & with great boredom,” each accompanied by one of twenty full page engravings, all colored by Jules Saudé using pochoir stenciling. In this work, according to Gillmor, “the relationship between music and poetry, to which now is added a third element, drawing, is often quite subtle, even at times hermetic. But to perceive this fragile multi-dimensional texture is to savor the full favor of these intriguing miniatures and experience them as the composer almost certainly intended.” Gillmor, “Musico-poetic Form in Satie’s ‘Humoristic’ Piano Suites (1913-14),” 1987. Oblong folio (389 x 427mm). Facsimile of Satie’s score on red staves, 20 plates after Martin colored in pochoir by Jules Saudé (light ofsetting on score of Comédie Italienne). Original card portfolio covered in paper with an all-over pictorial design printed in pink, large label printed in maroon on taupe paper mounted on the front cover (without pink silk ties, corners worn).