IRIBE (Paul): Le Témoin. Magazine edited by Paul IRIBE, from - Lot 89

IRIBE (Paul): Le Témoin. Magazine edited by Paul IRIBE, from 1933 to 1935. Three volumes. 22 by 34.5 cm. Each issue has 16 pages. Muted modern red percaline, in perfect condition. Volume 1: N°2 to N°20 Volume 2: N°21 to N°39. Missing N°22 Volume 3: N°40 to N°69. Numbers 45, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 66, 67 are missing. All issues in perfect condition, except cover of N°38, slightly frayed in margins. Trace of centerfold on issues, delivered by La Poste. Bound with newspaper advertisements. A total of 55 issues out of the 69 in the complete collection. "Le Témoin". Director Paul Iribe. N°1 (Dec. 10, 1933) to N°69 (June 30, 1935), is a satirical and highly political magazine written almost entirely by Paul Iribe, under various pseudonyms. Each issue has 16 pages and is illustrated with numerous black, blue, white and red drawings by Villemot, Chas Laborde, Sennep, Vertès, Touchagues, André Hellé, etc. and Paul Iribe himself. Publication ended with Paul Iribe's death on September 21, 1935. This was a new version of the artist's first magazine, published from 1906 to 1910 under the same title. Iribe undertook it in 1933, when France was hit by the economic crisis that had begun in the United States in 1929, the 3rd Republic was running out of steam and fascism was on the rise in Europe. At the time, Iribe's newspaper was in line with right-wing publications: ultranationalist, anti-Soviet, anti-Hitler, anti-Masonic and xenophobic. But today, his talent as an illustrator remains unchallenged.