ARP (Hans). - Lot 103

ARP (Hans). The White Man with Black Feet. Paris: Fontaine, 1945. — In-18, 140 x 110: 27 pp., (3 leaves, the last 2 blank), illustrated cover. Paperback, covered binding. First edition. *The White Man with Black Feet* is the title of the book’s first text. It recounts the absurd and poetic wanderings of an enigmatic character: “the White Man with Black Feet.” This is followed by five other surrealist texts, under the general title *Monuments to Lick*. Their individual titles are: *The Tyrolean Elephant*. — *The Tall White Woman*. — *The White Etc.*. — *Auguste and Alphonse and the Diplomat*. — *The Great Sadist, All in All*. This volume is the eleventh in the “L’Âge d’or” collection. It had a print run of 450 copies. One of the first 25 copies on Arches laid paper (no. IX), in excellent condition.