45 - René CREVEL. Feuilles éparses. Paris, Louis Broder, 1965.
See original version (French)

Estimate €2,000 - €2,500

Description

René CREVEL. Feuilles éparses. Paris, Louis Broder, 1965. Small quarto, loose-leaf, printed cover with pasted-on endpapers, publisher’s half-vellum slipcase, box. A collective edition, partly in the original form. Two texts appear here for the first time: *Le Cygne de Pau* (1924), an essay focusing in particular on Mallarmé, and *Mysticisme, prière et réalisme catholique* (1931): “this essay contains, in particular, attacks on Claudel’s interpretation of Rimbaud and the theories of Abbé Bremond” (Étienne-Alain Hubert, *Essai de bibliographie des écrits de René Crevel*, no. 283). The illustrations comprise 14 original engravings: 1 woodcut by Arp, 2 drypoints by Hans Bellmer, 1 drypoint by Valentine Hugo, 1 lithograph by Wols and 9 etchings by Camille Bryen, Oscar Dominguez, Max Ernst, Alberto Giacometti, S.W. Hayter, Wifredo Lam, Man Ray, André Masson and Joan Miró. Limited edition of 150 copies on Rives vellum (no. 115), signed at the top by all the illustrators, with the exception of Dominguez and Wols, who had died before publication. (Chapon, *Le Peintre et le Livre*, pp. 252 and 303.—Cramer, *Joan Miró: Illustrated Books*, no. 99.)

See original version (French)

Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.

About the sale Henri Michaux, the Sven Pitsey collection

Auction location

Auction time 10/29/2026 at 2:00 PM

Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House

45 - René CREVEL. Feuilles éparses. Paris, Louis Broder, 1965. See original version (French)

45 - René CREVEL. Feuilles éparses. Paris, Louis Broder, 1965.
See original version (French)