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an image of a painting of a woman with a red umbrellathree books are lined up on a white surfacetwo pages of a book that are open on a tablean open book sitting on top of a table next to a bookan old book with a black and white image of robert mus
Maître Paul PASTAUD

1436 - CHAR (René). Paul Éluard. n.p., n.p., summer 1933.
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Estimate €500 - €600
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CHAR (René). Paul Éluard. n.p., n.p., summer 1933. An in-8 booklet of 4 pp. First edition printed in a limited run of just one hundred copies on various types of paper; this copy is on Rives paper and features a handwritten variant by Char proposing ‘le vacarme des mots’ in place of ‘le silence des mots’. Rare. Also included: - Watercolour. Introduction by René Char. Catalogue of the Robert Mus exhibition. L’Isle-sur-Sorgue, Galerie Annie Lagier, 1988, in-4, folio size, replaced cover, unpaginated. First edition. 1/35 numbered copies (single print run), signed by the artist in the colophon, including an original watercolour signed by Robert MUS. - ‘How could I have fallen so far behind?’ Belles manières. 17 September 1976. No place, no publisher, 1976, 1 printed sheet, quarto (28.3 x 22.2), folded in half. First edition. Single print run of 99 copies, hardback on Arches vellum. One poem by Char (left-hand page) and one by Scutenaire (right-hand page), written on the same day. Included is the exhibition brochure for two books by Scutenaire, *Mes inscriptions* and *Textes automatiques*, and *Corne de brune* by Irine, held at the Galerie Isy Brachot, 13 October–6 November 1976. An in-8 booklet of 12 pp. Excerpt from the interview between M. Mariën and C. Bussy in *L’Anthologie du surréalisme en Belgique* by Christian Bussy. Texts by Tom Gutt and a reprint of Char’s text. Set of 3 volumes.
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About the sale MONTIGNAC – 31st BOOK SALE – Day 3 of 4 – Nos. 1085 to 1642
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Auction time 08/21/2026 at 2:00 PM
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