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108 - Michel LEIRIS. Carved Chestnuts for Mir.
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Estimate €22,000 - €25,000
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Michel LEIRIS. Carved Chestnuts for Mir. Geneva, Edwin Engelberts, 1961. Oblong 8vo, paperback, with an illustrated, embossed half-cloth cover, modern Plexiglas slipcase, and a modern red paper slipcase. First edition. The illustration comprises an original colour lithograph by Mir, printed on pearlescent Japanese paper and folded to serve as the cover. Limited edition of 138 copies on Auvergne Richard de Bas paper, signed by the poet and the painter. Number 1 of the 35 author’s copies, that belonging to Michel Leiris: it is enhanced by a superb original colour composition by Mir with an autograph dedication signed ‘for Michel Leiris’: Indian ink, watercolour and graphite. Eight years later, the poet presented his copy to Henri Michaux’s last partner and executor, with this handwritten dedication signed on the half-title page: To Dr Micheline Phan Kim, with kind regards, this book of friendship. Michel Leiris. In perfect condition.
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About the sale Henri Michaux, the Sven Pitsey collection
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Auction time 10/29/2026 at 2:00 PM
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