Description
ARP (Hans).
The White Man with Black Feet.
Paris: Fontaine, 1945. — In-18, 140 x 110: 27 pp., (3 ff., the last 2 blank), illustrated cover. Paperback, covered binding.
First edition.
*The White Man with Black Feet* is the title of the first text in the volume. It recounts the absurd and poetic wanderings of an enigmatic character: ‘the White Man with Black Feet’. This is followed by five further surrealist texts, under the general title *Monuments à lécher*. Their titles are: *L’Éléphant tyrolien*. – *La Grande femme blanche*. – *L’Etc. blanc*. – *Auguste et Alphonse et le diplomate*. – *Le Grand sadique à tout casser*.
This volume is the eleventh in the ‘L’Âge d’or’ collection. A print run of 450 copies was produced.
One of the first 25 copies on Arches laid paper (no. IX), in very good condition.
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About the sale
Claude Mozis Library – Black Africa and the African diaspora
Auction location
Auction time
10/21/2026 at 2:00 PM
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