Jean-Michel RIBES (born 1946) and Jean CORTOT (1925-2018). "Un remugle". Text by Jean-Michel Ribes in the form of a fold-out hardcover notebook, illustrated with color lithographs by Jean Cortot. Editions Adélie, 2005. It bears two pencil letters from the author and illustrator on the back cover, and is signed and numbered in pencil on the back cover "Jean Cortot" and numbered 27/112. Length : 12.5 cm - Width : 25.5 cm Fine condition. Provenance: Serge Guérin collection *This work is mentioned in the article "Le Scribe debout" by Antoine Caron, director of the rare book reserve at the Bibliothèque nationale de France, published in winter 2006 in the forty-seventh issue of La lettre de l'Académie des Beaux-Arts on the theme "La Bibliophilie aujourd'hui". Son of pianist Alfred Cortot, Jean Cortot moved in literary circles from an early age, frequenting Paul Valery in particular, to whom he dedicated several paintings. A student of Othon Friesz at the Grande Chaumière, he joined the l'Echelle group in 1943, which he helped found with Jacques Busse, Calmettes, Patrix, Geneviève Asse and a few other studio mates in 1948. Jean Cortot distinguished himself through his graphic art, which led him to illustrate numerous books, thus achieving a symbiosis between writing and painting. Initially painting landscapes of La Ciotat and Ardèche, he then embarked on the Tableaux-poèmes series, followed by Poèmes épars, in which writing plays an important role. He illustrated numerous books, including La charge du roi by Jean Giono, Ouest-Est by Michel Déon and Remugle by Jean-Michel Ribes, and produced eight tapestries in Aubusson from 1951 to 1956, and carpets in 1988. His work essentially revolves around this union of writing and painting. A member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts since 2001, succeeding Olivier Debré, Jean Cortot died on December 28, 2018. Playwright, director and filmmaker, Jean-Michel Ribes is a proponent of subversive fantasy and the imaginary, pursuing a free creative path at the frontier of genres. From 2002 to 2023, he directed the Théâtre du Rond-Point, where he championed contemporary playwriting.