MATTA (Roberto) - MICHAUX (Henri). - Lot 252

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MATTA (Roberto) - MICHAUX (Henri). - Lot 252
MATTA (Roberto) - MICHAUX (Henri). Vigils on targets. Paris : Éditions du Dragon, 1959. - In-4, 331 x 249 : 63 pp, (4 ff. 2 last blank), blank cover. In sheets, filled cover, folder and case of the publisher. Original edition illustrated with 9 original full-page color etchings by Roberto MATTA (1911-2002). Edition at 99 copies on special paper handmade by the master paper maker A.-G. Cabrol, signed by the author and the artist at the justification. This one is one of the 90 numbered in Arabic numerals. Autograph signed by the author on the false title : Copy of Dr Wilhelm // Alas of the bad spirit // from a friend / Henri MichauxMarie-Thérèse Jeanne Wilhelm was a psychiatrist that the author met in 1956 . Michaux had been fascinated by her medical thesis entitled Interest of the mescaline test in mental illnesses, which she defended in 1955. Their friendship lasted until the death of the doctor. A very well preserved copy. Spine of the folder and edges of the case faded.
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