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Antonin ARTAUD. Letters from Rodez.
See original version (French)
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Antonin ARTAUD. Letters from Rodez.
See original version (French)
Estimate €500 - €700
Voluntary lot
Description
Antonin ARTAUD. Letters from Rodez. Paris, GLM, 1946.
In-12, black Jansenist morocco with a long grain, smooth spine, untrimmed, gilt head, cover and spine preserved
(modern binding).
First edition: limited print run of 691 copies, this one on white vellum (no. 176).
Famous letters by Antonin Artaud addressed to Henri Parisot, written from the Rodez asylum.
(Coron, Les Éditions GLM, bibliography, no. 227.)
Long autograph letter signed:
to Mr Bernard Lucas
because the time / of thought / is golden / but not the / irrepressible needs / that the mind has /
concealed / Antonin Artaud
A most amusing provenance: that of Bernard Lucas, the manager of the famous Bar Vert, 10 Rue Jacob, the first genuine American bar in Paris’s sixth arrondissement. According to Boris Vian, “Lucas [was] an extraordinary barman; he [had] rare books and a classical music collection”. Above all, he attracted intellectuals, painters and publishers (such as Bertelé) to the bar. It was at the Bar Vert that Antonin Artaud, who was a regular, dictated *La Culture indienne* and *Ci-gît* to Paule Thévenin in November 1946 – no doubt at the very moment when he presented his *Lettres de Rodez* to Bernard Lucas.
(Vian, *Manuel de Saint Germain des Prés*, p. 124. – Thévenin, *Antonin Artaud, ce Désespéré qui vous parle*, pp. 86–87.)
See original version (French)
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About the sale
Henri Michaux, the Sven Pitsey collection
Auction location
Auction time
10/29/2026 at 2:00 PM
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