Autre chose que de l'enfant beau.

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signed by Picasso, one of 120 copies Limited edition, number 67 of 120 copies on Japon paper, signed by and with colour drypoint frontispiece by Picasso (volume III in the series 'Miroir du poete' by Antonin Artaud). Antonin [Antoine-Marie-Joseph] Artaud (1896-1948), was a French dramatist, poet, actor, and theoretician of the Surrealist movement. He attempted to replace the 'bourgeois' classical theatre with his 'theatre of cruelty', a primitive ceremonial experience intended to liberate the human subconscious and reveal man to himself. Limited edition, numbered 67 of 120 copies on papier Japon, signed by Picasso, colour drypoint frontispiece by Picasso; small square 8vo (17 x 15 cm); title-page, justification page signed by artist in pencil, text in French, pp [4], 24, [4], unsewn as issued in original card wrappers with printed tissue dust jacket board chemise printed on spine, black cloth slipcase. Artist and the Book 239.

• Binding: Hardcover

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