L’imprimerie Union

Imprimerie Union was a Paris-based printing house founded in 1910 by the Russian émigrés Volf Chalit and Dimitri Snégaroff. During its early years, the press worked primarily for the Russian community in Paris, before expanding its activity into broader artistic and literary circles.

Its engagement with the avant-garde began in 1913 with the printing of the journal Les Soirées de Paris, produced by Guillaume Apollinaire, Serge Férat, and Hélène d’Oettingen. This marked the beginning of a long-standing involvement with modernist publishing networks.

From the 1920s onward, Imprimerie Union worked with key figures and publishers in the Paris art world, including Paul Guillaume, Christian Zervos, the Surrealists, and Albert Skira. The press also collaborated with publishers such as Jacques Povolozky, further embedding itself within the infrastructure of interwar art publishing.

Following World War II, the printing house continued its activity for major art publishers, producing books for figures such as René Drouin, Aimé Maeght, and Pierre Seghers. Through these collaborations, Imprimerie Union played a significant role in the production and dissemination of illustrated art books and publications central to the development of modern art in Paris.