Char René Benoit (7 results)

paperback. Condition: very good(+). First. Frontispiece portrait of Char by Valentine Hugo. Text illustrations by Miro, Picasso, Braque & others. 98p., printed wrappers (lightly faded & dust soiled). Paris: Le Demi-Jour, 1964. First edition, with errata sheet.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. Pas de jaquette. Editions Sillages, 2000 - In-4° carré relié, cartonnage éditeur en simili noir, nombreuses reproductions photographiques en noir, 95 pp. + table, petit accroc de 3 mm en haut du dos sinon bon état. Edition originale, tirage limité à 550 exemplaires sur mat ivoire, un des 31 HC réservés aux collaborateurs comportant une photo originale d'Olivier Toppin (signée au crayon) et une illustration originale de Benoït-Léon Rebichet (signée au crayon) réalisée au pochoir par Christine Antoine-Jacomet (n°HC X). Signé par l'illustrateur.

Québec, Liberté, 1968. Directeur : Jean-Guy Pilon. Un volume 12,7x19,6cm broché, 194 pages avec trois cahiers de photographies hors texte. Bon état - Livres.

A LARGE-PAPER COPY of the standard Char bibliography. Illustrated with reproductions of works by Miro, Picasso, Braque, Giacometti, and others. 100 pp. ONE OF ONLY 50 NUMBERED COPIES PRINTED ON FINE ARCHES WOVE PAPER. All items exhaustively described. Large 8vo. Original wraps. Uncut. FINE AND BRIGHT, with errata slip laid in (and very scarce as such).

couverture souple. P.A.B. | Alès 1964 | 11 x 14 cm | broché | Edition originale, un des 57 exemplaires justifiés sur Arches et numérotés au colophon par Pierre-André Benoît, seuls grands papiers après 7 Chine. Agréable et rare exemplaire. Initiales manuscrites de René Char au colophon. Notre exemplaire est enrichi d'un poème manuscrit de René Char, au crayon de papier, qu'il a signé de ses initiales sur la page de titre : "Tel un oiseau de mer qui n'accepte pas d'être arraché à sa vague pour suivre l'amont." | [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS] First edition, one of 57 copies printed on Arches, justified and numbered in the colophon by Pierre-André Benoît, the only deluxe copies after 7 on China paper. A desirable and rare copy. With René Char's handwritten initials at the colophon. Our copy is further enriched with a manuscript poem by René Char, in pencil, signed with his initials on the title page: "Tel un oiseau de mer qui n'accepte pas d'être arraché à sa vague pour suivre l'amont." *.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Gr.4° - 5 Original Lithographs by Pablo Picasso, Joan Mirò, Pierre Tal-Coat, Raoul Ubac & Pierre Pallud - B/w Photo-reproductions by Brassai, Man Ray & Mariette Lachaud. Issue dedicated to Georges Braque (1882-1963) Major 20th Century French painter, First edition, text in French language. Original covers by Georges Braque (Tête grecque). In Fine condition.

Oblong 4to. (222 x 270 mm). pp. (16). Title, leaf with list of contributors, aphorisms by Braque and Char illustrated with 8 tipped-in original monochrome photographs by Mariette Lachaud and PAB each with caption, leaf with list of subjects and attribution and justification. Full terracotta calf by Pierre-Lucien Martin with his signature in blind and dated 1962, front board with inset panel of polished wood incised with the contributors names, title to spine in blind, wood doublures and endpapers, matching wool-lined calf-backed card board chemise and matching slipcase. An excellent copy of this scarce book by PAB marking the friendship of the four contributors in a beautiful binding by Martin. From the edition limited to 21 copies, signed and numbered by PAB and with Lachaud's final photograph signed in pencil. The 8 photographs illustrate two aphorisms, the first 'Chemin faisant ainsi va l'amitié' by George Braque and the second 'Nous n'avons pas de souvenirs. / Nous en laissons.' by René Char. Four of the photographs are by Mariette Lachaud (portrait of George Braque and René Char, two portraits of Braque, and a view of Braque's atelier signed by Lachaud in pencil). The other four photographs are by PAB himself (two portraits of René Char, portrait of Georges Braque, and a view of Avignon). [Montpellier 409].