Eros suspendu
A particularly intimate edition of René Char, published by PAB in 1960. *Éros suspendu* is a brief poetic fragment accompanied by two original drypoint engravings by the poet himself. The austere typography and soft paper texture enhance the meditative quality of the work. A subtle artist’s book where text and image coexist in delicate balance.
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Char, Rene
Eros suspendu
1960 | Alès
A rare, signed book-object in which René Char’s imagination takes both linguistic and graphic form.
A particularly intimate edition of René Char, published by PAB in 1960. *Éros suspendu* is a brief poetic fragment accompanied by two original drypoint engravings by the poet himself. The austere typography and soft paper texture enhance the meditative quality of the work. A subtle artist’s book where text and image coexist in delicate balance.
€820
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Format
Miniatuur < 10 cm
Edition Particulars
1 of 30 signed by author and publisher
Print Run
36
Copy Number
17
Paper
Vergé-achtig papier
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A prose-like poetic fragment thematising time and desire. The text is dense, sensory, and marked by Char’s stylistic intensity.
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Arriver à se réveiller
A rare first edition of Arriver à se réveiller, written by Henri Michaux in the tremulous post-war years. The text unfolds as an inward journey toward lucidity, where sleep and waking mirror each other. Printed and published by Pierre Bettencourt in his own workshop, the edition’s small run preserves the work’s intimacy. The title-page vignette, a linocut by Bettencourt, sets a spare, rhythmic visual key that amplifies Michaux’s vigilant, vulnerable tone. This copy is handsomely bound in brown morocco with balsa boards by Miguet, a tactile nod to lightness under tension. For bibliophiles, it is an exemplary union of poetry, craft, and experiment. The volume embodies the independence of the post-war small press and Michaux’s radical sensitivity.
Illustrated Book
€680
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Arrière-histoire du poème pulvérisé
*Arrière-histoire du poème pulvérisé* is a later illustrated edition of a key text in which René Char looks back on the genesis and inner background of *Le Poème pulvérisé*. Published in 1972 by Imprimerie Union, it opens with a colour frontispiece by Nicolas de Staël. The pairing of Char and de Staël is especially charged: two post-war voices, each seeking concentration, clarity, and rupture in his own medium. This copy is one of only six hors commerce copies on Arches and is signed. The autograph presentation inscription to Doctor Marcel Zara, with poetic quotation and October 1972 dating, makes it a deeply personal copy.
Illustrated Book
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