Description

Rare complete collection of 4 poems by Georges Hugnet published during the German occupation.
Each 8-page leaflet is made up from a 4-page sheet folded in four. They come from the archives of Georges Hugnet, two of which have never been folded.

No Want
Paris, [from the author], 1940.
ORIGINAL EDITION illustrated with a frontispiece by Joan Miro.
Unique edition of 26 copies.

Pablo Picasso
Paris, [with the author], 1941.
ORIGINAL EDITION illustrated by Pablo Picasso with 6 zincographs, 3 of which have been reworked in intaglio.
Limited edition of 200 copies.
Ex. of the current edition after 20 ex. Montval and 6 ex. on Japon.
A copy that has remained on the sheet without any trace of folding.

Au dépens des Mots
Paris, [with the author], 1941.
ORIGINAL EDITION illustrated with a frontispiece by Valentine Hugo
Limited edition of 200 copies.
Ex. of the current edition after 20 ex. Montval and 6 ex. on Japon.
A copy that has remained on the sheet without any trace of folding.

Marcel Duchamp
Paris, [with the author], 1941.
ORIGINAL EDITION of 200 copies.
Ex. of the current edition after 20 ex. Montval and 6 ex. on Japon.
The stencil on the frontispiece The Mona Lisa without the moustache, was never laminated, revealing the printed name "Marcel Duchamp" and two angles to guide the collage.