La Minéralisation de Dudley Craving Mac’Adam

by Surrealism, Dadaism

$3,900 · Offered by Manhattan Rare Books

First edition

FIRST EDITION of Roche’s surreal, dadaist roman à clef exposing the misogynistic world of the French avant-garde. With annotations likely in Roche’s hand. Like too many women artists of the early twentieth century, French writer and artist Juliette Roche 1884 - 1980 has been long overshadowed by her male contemporaries. Roche came of age amidst leading artistic and literary salons of early 20th century Paris. She studied at

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