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(HOLOCAUST) - >. Peintures 1942-1945. Introduction by Paul Eluard, with a poem by Leon Degand. Six pages of text and 12 plates with color reproductions of paintings laid onto sheets, loose as issued. Title-page with ORIGINAL SELF-PORTRAIT BY CHAGALL EXECUTED IN WATERCOLOR AND PEN-AND-INK along with autograph inscription: “Pour General et Mrs. Troper, Amicalement, Marc Chagall. Vence, 1951.” Original color-pictorial portfolio. 11 x 15 inches (28 x 37.5 cm), torn at spine. Paris: Les Editions du Chene 1947 New York-born Morris Carlton Troper (1892-1962) was the European Chairman of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, overseeing its operations in Paris and later Lisbon.