26 - René CHAR. Le Soleil des eaux.
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René CHAR. *Le Soleil des eaux*. A play for a fishermen’s canvas, illustrated by Georges Braque. René CHAR. *Le Soleil des eaux*. A play for a fishermen’s canvas, illustrated by Georges Braque. Paris, H. Matarasso, 1949. Quarto, loose-leaf, bound cover, publisher’s slipcase. First edition published at the poet’s own expense, with the bookseller Henri Matarasso handling distribution. Limited edition of 200 copies signed by the poet and the painter: one of the 170 copies on Marais vellum (no. 54). The original illustrations by Georges Braque comprise four etchings: three in black and one in colour for the title page. Antoine Coron recounts the reply sent by René Char to Pierre André Benoit on 19 February 1957: “*Le Soleil des eaux* would need to be completely rewritten, which I shall not do. It is a sort of pastoral that will have passed like a gentle breeze over the Sorgue […]. What remains is Braque’s work, beautiful and with a passion that still moves me” (Coron, René Char, BnF, 2007, no. 190.) The publisher’s slipcase is slightly worn.

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26 - René CHAR. *Le Soleil des eaux*. See original version (French)

26 - René CHAR. Le Soleil des eaux.
See original version (French)