TORREILLES (Pierre). - Lot 236

TORREILLES (Pierre). Quelque chose qui vient de loin... followed by a study by Paule Plouvier. [Languidic]: Éditions de la Canopée, [2007]. - In-4, leaves, filled cover, untrimmed, publisher's slipcase with cover. A rare new edition of this poem, first published in October 2000. It is illustrated with 9 full-page compositions by various artists: TAL-COAT (drypoint), Olivier DEBRÉ (lithographed drawing), Yves PICQUET (watercolor serigraphy), Jacques CLAUZEL (woodcut), Patrice JEENER (burin), Thierry LE SAËC (drypoint and woodcut on mounted japon), Joël LEICK (original painting), Louis CORDESSE (etching) and Énan BURGOS (painting). Limited edition of only 50 numbered copies on Rives vellum, signed by the artists except Olivier Debré, who died in 1999. The prints are unsigned, with the exception of Clauzel's. A perfectly preserved copy, complete with Paule Plouvier's study entitled "Sensible éternité du poème". Enclosed is a signed letter, with two autographed lines, from Thierry Le Saëc, director of Éditions de la canopée, for the book's release. It is addressed to the painter Louis Cordesse, for whom this copy was intended. The autograph note reads: "Je fais parvenir comme convenu, 1 autre livre à Sabine Cordesse." Provenance: Louis Cordesse.