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Lot 142
  • 142

Cendrars, Blaise -- Léger, Fernand

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Cendrars, Blaise -- Léger, Fernand
  • J'ai tué.Paris, La Belle édition, 1918.
édition originale. In-8 carré (182 x 190 mm). Broché, couverture illustrée d'une composition de Fernand Léger. Brochage restauré au dos, exemplaire uniformément bruni, comme toujours.

illustration : 5 dessins de Fernand Léger dont un en couverture et 2 hors-texte sur vergé fort.



tirage limité à 355 exemplaires, un des 100 sur papier à la forme, n° 154.



envoi autographe signé du poète : "à Georges Crès, cette page de la vie d'un soldat. Blaise Cendrars".

Provenance

Georges Crès (envoi).

Condition

Brochage restauré au dos, exemplaire uniformément bruni, comme toujours.
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Catalogue Note

Très beau et important recueil de Cendrars sur les horreurs de la guerre, superbement mise en lumière par la poétique des dessins de Fernand Léger.
L'exemplaire porte un envoi à Georges Crès qui publiera, en 1919, une seconde édition de ce livre.