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Published by [Le Chemin des Sources] Librairie L.D.F.,, Cairo 1955
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First edition, number 144 of 200 copies. Excerpts from the French philosopher Jean Grenier's forthcoming autobiography (Gallimard, 1957) published for the 'Chemin des Sources' series by the Librairie Franco-Egyptienne in Cairo. It includes two small vignettes by Bona de Mandiargues (née Tibertelli), one a flying bird, the other…a surrealist crouching fish-woman. Grenier is perhaps best remembered as mentor to the young Albert Camus at the Grand Lycée of Algiers. At the time of publication Bona was married to poet Pierre de Mandiargues, and was integrated into the surrealist circle around André Breton.Bona de Mandiargues, or simply 'Bona' (1926-2000) remains one of the most intriguing women of the French Surrealist movement. Best known for her fabric collages (she cut up her husband's clothes and called them ragarts) she also illustrated a number of books, including several with etched plates issued in limited editions. A frank memoir of Bona's childhood in an Italian villa, Vivre en Herbe (Gallimard, 2001), recalls the early inspiration of her flamboyant artist uncle, Filippo de Pisis, but also episodes of disturbing abuse and the terrors of the Second World War. In Paris in the 1940s she met the poet Pierre de Mandiargues (she married him, twice) and was drawn into the circle of André Breton. Taking inspiration from journeys to Mexico, the world of the Surrealists and her own 'inner eye', she pursued a singular artistic vision. She notably took the motif of the snail as an emblem (admiring its wholeness, its hermaphroditism and its self-sufficiency). Though her work was exhibited regularly, her first institutional retrospective was held at the Nivola Museum in Sardinia (2022). 16mo (200 × 145 mm), pp. 23, [1]. Original printed tan wrappers. Vignettes by Bona to upper cover and colophon. Presentation letter (dated 1 February 1957), signed, from the author to Jacques Brunner loosely inserted. An excellent copy. [Rare: Worldcat lists the Bn and Bibliothèque Jerôme Doucet copies in France, the Harvard copy in the US and another at the American University, Cairo.].
Published by [Imprimerie de la Charité for] Fata Morgana,, Montpellier 1967
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- Signed
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First edition, number 29 of 37 hors commerce copies (total edition 297 copies), inscribed by author and artist, with the fine etched plate printed by G. Leblanc signed by Bona. Critiquettes reproduces his short essays or prefaces, many reproduced from the Nouvelle Revue français. Beginning with a chapter on Bona (with whom Mandi…argues would be reconciled and remarried to), there follow essays on surrealists Unica Zürn and Dorothea Tanning, as well as on Bellmer, Hundertwasser, Gail Singer, Baj, Jean-Jacques Lebel and Francisco Toledo.Bona de Mandiargues, or simply 'Bona' (1926-2000) remains one of the most intriguing women of the French Surrealist movement. Best known for her fabric collages (she cut up her husband's clothes and called them ragarts) she also illustrated a number of books, including several with etched plates issued in limited editions. A frank memoir of Bona's childhood in an Italian villa, Vivre en Herbe (Gallimard, 2001), recalls the early inspiration of her flamboyant artist uncle, Filippo de Pisis, but also episodes of disturbing abuse and the terrors of the Second World War. In Paris in the 1940s she met the poet Pierre de Mandiargues (she married him, twice) and was drawn into the circle of André Breton. Taking inspiration from journeys to Mexico, the world of the Surrealists and her own 'inner eye', she pursued a singular artistic vision. She notably took the motif of the snail as an emblem (admiring its wholeness, its hermaphroditism and its self-sufficiency). Though her work was exhibited regularly, her first institutional retrospective was held at the Nivola Museum in Sardinia (2022). 8vo (212 × 130 mm), pp. 54, plus etched frontispiece by Bona, signed and numbered by her in pencil 29/37 hors commerce copies. Original printed red wrappers. Edges slightly creased, but still very good. Half-title inscribed: 'pour Lise, ("Qu'une femme ait le courage d'être paradisique, c'est très bien") Un souvenir de tous les paradis que nous attendons de la vie prèsente - et avec l'affectueuse amitié de André P.M. [and in her hand] et de Bona. (1er nov. 1967)'.
Published by [Paris, 25 March 1957]. 1957
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A rare surrealist broadside, subscribed by André Breton, Bona and André Pieyre de Mandiargues among 29 others, against and exhibition and conference held at the Galerie Kléber by the right wing abstract artists Georges Mathieu and Simon Hantaï. The event, known as Les Ceremonies commemorated the Catholic Inquisition's 1277 conde…mnation for heresy of the teachings of the Aristotelian scholar Siger de Brabant at the University of Paris, whereby the church attempted to halt the revival of classical thought in the Middle Ages. The Surrealists, shocked by the religious and deliberately reactionary nature of this event, responded with this broadside Coup de Semonce ('Warning Shot') illustrated by Bona.Bona de Mandiargues, or simply 'Bona' (1926-2000) remains one of the most intriguing women of the French Surrealist movement. Best known for her fabric collages (she cut up her husband's clothes and called them ragarts) she also illustrated a number of books, including several with etched plates issued in limited editions. A frank memoir of Bona's childhood in an Italian villa, Vivre en Herbe (Gallimard, 2001), recalls the early inspiration of her flamboyant artist uncle, Filippo de Pisis, but also episodes of disturbing abuse and the terrors of the Second World War. In Paris in the 1940s she met the poet Pierre de Mandiargues (she married him, twice) and was drawn into the circle of André Breton. Taking inspiration from journeys to Mexico, the world of the Surrealists and her own 'inner eye', she pursued a singular artistic vision. She notably took the motif of the snail as an emblem (admiring its wholeness, its hermaphroditism and its self-sufficiency). Though her work was exhibited regularly, her first institutional retrospective was held at the Nivola Museum in Sardinia (2022). Folding broadside, folio (325 × 250 mm), pp. [4], decorative title with design by Bona. Transverse fold, slight creasing, small paper dent/impression to the image. Very good.
Published by Éditions O. Lazar-Vernet,, Paris 1962
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Mandiargues eroto-surrealist poem 'Dalila Exaltée' paired with Bona's extraordinary etched plate, in the first volume of this important series whose aim was to create a dialogue between contemporary poetry and modern printmaking.Published under the direction of Odette Lazar-Vernet, the Paroles Peintes series was dedicated to the… presentation of otherwise unpublished poetry and original etchings by an international roster of modernist artists. It ran to five volumes between 1962 and 1975. This is the first volume and presents the work of Bona and André Pieyre de Mandiargues alongside the work of Chagall, Ernst and Braque, among others.This copy is number 193 copies of 200 copies (there were also 58 hors commerce copies). The texts are 14 poems by Aragon, Arp, Albert-Birot, Follain, Guillevic, Joyeux, Laude, Lescure, Liberati, Mandiargues, Paulhan, De Solier, Tapié and Tardieu paired with 14 plates by Chagall, Magnelli, Zadkine, Gilioli, Ubac, Bissière, Jacobsen, Fiorini, Ernst, Braque, Dufour, Lepatre and Vieillard.Bona de Mandiargues, or simply 'Bona' (1926-2000) remains one of the most intriguing women of the French Surrealist movement. Best known for her fabric collages (she cut up her husband's clothes and called them ragarts) she also illustrated a number of books, including several with etched plates issued in limited editions. A frank memoir of Bona's childhood in an Italian villa, Vivre en Herbe (Gallimard, 2001), recalls the early inspiration of her flamboyant artist uncle, Filippo de Pisis, but also episodes of disturbing abuse and the terrors of the Second World War. In Paris in the 1940s she met the poet Pierre de Mandiargues (she married him, twice) and was drawn into the circle of André Breton. Taking inspiration from journeys to Mexico, the world of the Surrealists and her own 'inner eye', she pursued a singular artistic vision. She notably took the motif of the snail as an emblem (admiring its wholeness, its hermaphroditism and its self-sufficiency). Though her work was exhibited regularly, her first institutional retrospective was held at the Nivola Museum in Sardinia (2022). Folio (376 × 280 mm), pp. [6] plus etched plate by Bona, included in a complete volume comprising 14 texts and 14 intaglio printed plates. Uncut. Preserved in modern red half morocco.