Terre sur terre
*Terre sur terre* stands among Tristan Tzara’s notable postwar poetry books and was issued in 1946 by Trois Collines, a publisher that became an important meeting point for poetry and art in the immediate aftermath of the war. The collaboration with André Masson gives the volume a distinctive visual charge without diminishing the lyrical autonomy of Tzara’s text. Masson’s ten compositions echo the book’s cadence through a nervous, organic language of form closely attuned to Tzara’s imagery. This copy, numbered 1543 of 3000 on vergé crème, is further enriched by a warm inscription from Tzara to René Lacôte. It therefore carries not only bibliophilic value but also a clear literary provenance. For the collector, it is a compact yet eloquent witness to poetry, avant-garde legacy, and personal exchange.
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Tzara, Tristan
Masson, André
Terre sur terre
1946 | Genève & Paris | Trois Collines
With its first-edition status, Masson illustrations, and inscription to René Lacôte, this copy offers an especially eloquent witness to Tzara’s postwar poetry. It unites aesthetic force and literary intimacy in a rare form.
*Terre sur terre* stands among Tristan Tzara’s notable postwar poetry books and was issued in 1946 by Trois Collines, a publisher that became an important meeting point for poetry and art in the immediate aftermath of the war. The collaboration with André Masson gives the volume a distinctive visual charge without diminishing the lyrical autonomy of Tzara’s text. Masson’s ten compositions echo the book’s cadence through a nervous, organic language of form closely attuned to Tzara’s imagery. This copy, numbered 1543 of 3000 on vergé crème, is further enriched by a warm inscription from Tzara to René Lacôte. It therefore carries not only bibliophilic value but also a clear literary provenance. For the collector, it is a compact yet eloquent witness to poetry, avant-garde legacy, and personal exchange.
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In-12 (Duodecimo) approx. 17 × 22 cm
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One of 3000 copies on vergé crème, enriched with an inscription from Tristan Tzara to René Lacôte on the half-title page.
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3.16
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No. 1543
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The volume unfolds as a poetic meditation on earth, matter, life, and reconstruction, written in the shadow of war without collapsing into mere elegy. Tzara binds cosmic and bodily images so that the concrete and the visionary continually flow into one another. The language remains free, associative, and musical, yet it is more concentrated than the explosive gestures of his early Dada years. These poems reveal a writer who has passed through historical upheaval and still seeks a renewed ground for speech. *Terre sur terre* thus reads as a book of recovered breath, where elemental things regain meaning.
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