Ode à Charles Fourier
This original edition of André Breton’s *Ode à Charles Fourier*, illustrated per the layout by architect‑designer Frans J. Kiesler in a loose illustrated wrapper, stands as an outstanding example of surreal typographic design and avant‑garde book design.
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Breton, André
Frederick J. Kiesler
Ode à Charles Fourier
1926 | vermoedelijk New York / Frankrijk | Édition *L’Âge d’or* (Henri Parisot)
*Ode à Charles Fourier* is a key object in the surrealist publishing landscape: a tribute, a political manifesto, and an art object in one, where form and content fully merge.
This original edition of André Breton’s *Ode à Charles Fourier*, illustrated per the layout by architect‑designer Frans J. Kiesler in a loose illustrated wrapper, stands as an outstanding example of surreal typographic design and avant‑garde book design.
€520
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Format
In-4 (Quarto) approx. 25 × 32 cm
Edition Particulars
1 of the 750 on vellum sold commercially
Print Run
1055
Copy Number
512
Paper
vélin
Inscription
No inscription
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A poetic tribute by André Breton to utopist Charles Fourier, printed in a horizontal layout with in‑text illustrations following Kiesler’s design; the work provides a visual‑poetic experience in dialogue with surrealism and the Bauhaus.
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