PHILIPPE (Jean-Loup) - CHARMOY (Cozette de). - Lot 139

PHILIPPE (Jean-Loup) - CHARMOY (Cozette de). L'Hospice des mots. Paris : Ottezec, [2004]. - In-4, 297 x 210 : (3 ff.), 12 ff. (3 ff. first and last blank), 12 plates, illustrated cover. Original edition of texts by Jean-Loup Philippe, inspired by the series of twelve gouache-collages entitled Chambres, created by French-English artist Cozette de CHARMOY (b. 1939). This series was exhibited at the Galerie Isabelle Bongard in 1996, then shown at the "Diversité surréaliste" exhibition in Bordeaux. In an edition of only 30 copies on vellum paper, this edition features color reproductions of the twelve gouache-collages, each accompanied by the corresponding text. Cozette de Charmoy has added an unpublished introductory text, entitled Inventaire. Exemplaire portant le numéro 4, seulement signé par Cozette de Charmoy.