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Peintures: Sept Poèmes et Seize Illustrations [Paintings: Seven Poems and 16 Illustrations]

Michaux, Henri

Paris: GLM, 1939. First Edition, First Printing.

INSCRIBED to James Joyce biographer Richard Ellmann: "Avec les mauvaises visages d'un vrai ami. H. Michaux." ("With the bad faces of a real friend.") One of 550 numbered copies on Vélin Blanc paper. There were also 30 copies on Normandy.

Belgian-French author and painter Henri Michaux (1899-1984) has contributed a brief autobiography (Qui Il Est), followed by 7 prose poems and 16 black-and-white illustrations of his paintings. Foreword by art critic Louis Cherronet. Text entirely in French.

Signed copies are extremely scarce to the market.

PHYSICAL DETAILS: 16mo (6.375 x 4.75 inches; 163 x 122 mm), [64] pages, in stiff, cream-colored printed wrappers (soft cover).

CONDITION: Some wear and soiling to wrappers but internally clean and unmarked. Very Good or better. Item #2996

Price: $750.00