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an open book with a handwritten poem on it sitting on top of a tablean old book with a drawing of a man sitting on a chair
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Estimate €1,500 - €2,000
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André MARTEL. *La Djingine du Théophélès* with Jean Dubuffet’s *Corps de dames*. Saint-Maurice d’Etelan, L’Air du Temps [Pierre Bettencourt], 1954. Square in-12, paperback, padded cover, slipcase, marbled paper case. First edition: illustrated with 13 photolithographs by Jean Dubuffet, printed separately from the text. Written in ‘Paralloïdre’, a jargon invented by Jean Dubuffet’s secretary, André Martel (1893–1976), the work was printed by Pierre Bettencourt. (J. Dubuffet, *Prospectus et tous écrits suivants II*, pp. 74–75.- Dubos, *Les Désordres de la mémoire*, 1998, pp. 110–111.) A single print run of 75 copies on Arches paper (no. 59). A long, autograph-signed letter to Marcel Béalu: This Monday the twelfth of / last month, in the Vinchênes of / Lutetia / To Marciel / du Bel Allus, / as attested by this admirer / this djinginesque soul / André Martel / known as the Martélandre / papafol of the Paralloïdre A poet and fellow traveller of the Surrealists, Marcel Béalu (1908–1993) was also the founder of the bookshop Le Pont traversé.
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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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