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141 - MAN RAY and Paul ÉLUARD. *Les Mains libres*.
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Estimate €2,000 - €3,000
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MAN RAY and Paul ÉLUARD. *Les Mains libres*. Drawings by Man Ray illustrated with poems by Paul Éluard. Paris, Jeanne Bucher, 1937. In-4, paperback. First edition, featuring 67 full-page black-and-white reproductions of Man Ray’s compositions. Unnumbered copy on laid paper. Autograph dedication signed by Man Ray and countersigned by Paul Éluard to the poet Luc Decaunes: ‘To Luc Decaunes, with warm regards’. Luc Decaunes associated with the Surrealists from a very young age. He became a close friend of Paul Éluard and married his daughter, Cécile Éluard, in 1938. Cover edges rubbed, pinholes on the edges, a few foxing spots, spine partially detached.
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About the sale Eros & Thanatos – Selected extracts from the L-D S library
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Auction time 10/07/2026 at 2:00 PM
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