BELLMER (Hans) - HUGNET (Georges). - Lot 207

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BELLMER (Hans) - HUGNET (Georges). - Lot 207
BELLMER (Hans) - HUGNET (Georges). Œillades chiseled in branches. Paris : Jeanne Bucher, 1939. - In-32, 129 x 90 : (28 ff. first two and last two blank), cover covered with lace paper. Bound in transparent plexiglass boards, printed strip with red lace decoration glued to the back of the boards on the gutter side, smooth old pink morocco spine decorated with a lemon morocco title, cover and spine kept, case (D.-H. Mercher). First edition of one of the most beautiful texts by Georges Hugnet, entirely rotogravure printed and illustrated with twenty-four beautiful and fine compositions in colors by Hans BELLMER (1902-1975), of which seven are full page. Edition at 231 copies, this one being ONE OF THE TWENTY ON CHINESE SMOOTH signed by the author and the artist at the justification. Autograph letter signed by the author on the false title : to my Amy // for a time that comes // of women to come // with all my heart // Georges // March 1943This letter is addressed to the poet and journalist Amy Bakaloff Courvoisier (1907-1984) . A very nice copy bound by Daniel-Henri Mercher. Without the flaps of the cover. Provenance: Amy Bakaloff Courvoisier, with autograph letter signed by the author.
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