Ramures
This rare first edition of Ramures brings together Tristan Tzara and Alberto Giacometti at a moment when Surrealism still functioned as an intense experimental laboratory. Published in 1936 by GLM in the Repères series, it belongs to a small but prestigious collection that paired poets and artists in very limited editions. Tzara's text is introduced by Giacometti's frontispiece, immediately placing the book within the world of the concentrated modern artist's publication. Its format, loose sheets and edition of only seventy copies give it the character of an intimate, highly selective printed object. This copy is number 63, printed on Normandy and justified by the publisher. It is a characteristic GLM production: modest in scale, but rich in literary and artistic resonance.
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Tzara, Tristan
Giacometti, Alberto
Ramures
1936 | Paris | GLM (Guy Lévis-Mano)
A rare copy from the sole edition of seventy, with Giacometti's frontispiece.
This rare first edition of Ramures brings together Tristan Tzara and Alberto Giacometti at a moment when Surrealism still functioned as an intense experimental laboratory. Published in 1936 by GLM in the Repères series, it belongs to a small but prestigious collection that paired poets and artists in very limited editions. Tzara's text is introduced by Giacometti's frontispiece, immediately placing the book within the world of the concentrated modern artist's publication. Its format, loose sheets and edition of only seventy copies give it the character of an intimate, highly selective printed object. This copy is number 63, printed on Normandy and justified by the publisher. It is a characteristic GLM production: modest in scale, but rich in literary and artistic resonance.
€1,800
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Format
In-4 (Quarto) approx. 25 × 32 cm
Edition Particulars
Number 63 from the sole edition of 70 copies on Normandy, justified by the publisher.
Print Run
70
Copy Number
No. 63
Paper
Normandy
Inscription
Signed by the Editor
Product DETAIL
Ramures is a brief poetic text by Tristan Tzara centred on images of growth, branching and inner movement. The title, referring to branches or ramifications, suggests a composition that unfolds not linearly but like an organic network. There is no narrative plot in the conventional sense; the work proceeds through association, rhythm and shifts of imagery. Tzara's language evokes a world in which natural motifs, bodily sensation and mental space flow into one another. The text's brevity intensifies its effect: each image carries the weight of an autonomous impulse. In the context of the 1930s, the work reads as a lyrical-surrealist condensation, directed more toward inner resonance than explanation.
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