L'Éternelle Revue, n° 1 et 2
€600.00
L'Éternelle Revue stands as a monument of intellectual resistance during the Occupation of France. Compiled by Paul Éluard and published in the summer of 1944, these issues served as a moral beacon for the underground literary world. Printed clandestinely, they were originally intended to be dropped by parachute over occupied territory. The project bears witness to the indestructible power of the free spirit against oppression. For the bibliophile, these fascicles represent the ultimate symbiosis between poetry and political engagement. This specific lot contains the exceedingly rare first two issues in their original state. The fragile nature of the paper underscores the precarious conditions under which this work was produced.
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Éluard, Paul
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L'Éternelle Revue, n° 1 et 2
1944 | Parijs | s.e. (sans éditeur)
This lot constitutes a tangible testimony to literary resistance in France. The combination of rarity and historical depth makes it an essential component of any collection on the Second World War. It is a tribute to the unyielding human spirit.
L'Éternelle Revue stands as a monument of intellectual resistance during the Occupation of France. Compiled by Paul Éluard and published in the summer of 1944, these issues served as a moral beacon for the underground literary world. Printed clandestinely, they were originally intended to be dropped by parachute over occupied territory. The project bears witness to the indestructible power of the free spirit against oppression. For the bibliophile, these fascicles represent the ultimate symbiosis between poetry and political engagement. This specific lot contains the exceedingly rare first two issues in their original state. The fragile nature of the paper underscores the precarious conditions under which this work was produced.
€600
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In-16 (approx. 16,6 x 13,5 cm)
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Both issues present; number 2 is uncut.
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papier de guerre /war Paper
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The content of L'Éternelle Revue is imbued with the urgency of Liberation and the defense of human dignity. Paul Éluard gathered texts that voiced the spirit of Free France while the conflict was still ongoing. Themes oscillate between hope, resistance, and the necessity of intellectual solidarity. The second issue, published in July 1944, anticipates imminent freedom with a lyrical yet determined tone. These texts are not merely literary; they function as moral manifestos. It is a rare period document marking the transition from oppression to liberation. The somber typography reflects the gravity of the message. In these issues, one finds the very essence of French Resistance literature.
Collective
Toutes ces dames au salon !
This sharp postwar intervention belongs to the primary printed matter of the Internationale Lettriste, on the threshold of the Debord milieu and the genealogy of Situationism. *Toutes ces dames au salon !* responds to the Brussels exhibition “L’Industrie du pétrole vue par des artistes” (2–14 June 1956), targeting the moral veneer of the salon system sustained by corporate patronage. The sheet operates as direct action: a text that does not merely speak about art but intervenes in the social field. The convergence of Paris (Internationale Lettriste), Brussels (Les Lèvres Nues) and Milan (Movimento Arte Nucleare) turns it into a rare node of transnational neo-avant-garde exchange. This set is especially desirable because it brings together two material variants: the well-known large two-column placard and the narrow one-column version that also circulates on its own. Ephemera of this kind was made to vanish, and its survival—here in duplicate form—is exactly what gives it bibliophilic force.
Pamflet
€750
Michaux, Henri
Dans l’eau changeante des résonances
Scarce édition originale as an offprint from Les Cahiers du Chemin no. 22 (1974), produced in small numbers. A meditative piece on listening, vibration, and the resonant body. This copy carries a signed author’s inscription and several textual corrections, very likely in Michaux’s hand (not formally confirmed). The stripped, pamphlet-like presentation suits the taut clarity of the essay. The later Gillot chemise–slipcase reflects careful collection stewardship.
Pamflet
€540
Reverdy, Pierre · Braque, Georges
Une aventure méthodique
*Une aventure méthodique* brings together Pierre Reverdy’s concentrated poetic prose and Georges Braque’s austere visual language. It belongs among the major post-war French livres d’artiste, where text, lithography and typography meet as equal forces. Braque contributed 27 original lithographs, supplemented by colour reproductions after his paintings, giving the volume both intimacy and monumentality. Printed by Mourlot, the celebrated Paris lithographic workshop, the book has exceptional technical refinement. This copy, on vélin d’Arches and signed by both author and artist, preserves a rare encounter between modern poetry and pictorial invention.
Ill Book
€4,850
Roy, Claude · Picasso, Pablo
La guerre et la paix
*La guerre et la paix*, published in 1954, is a monumental overview of Pablo Picasso's work for the Vallauris chapel, accompanied by Claude Roy's text. This edition by Cercle d’Art forms an essential synthesis of Picasso’s post-war humanism and his resistance to the horrors of conflict. The book contains, alongside numerous reproductions, original lithographs that expose the dynamics of his artistic process. For the bibliophile, this work is a crucial testimony to the dialogue between word and image in the early 1950s.
