CHAR René (1907-1988). Le Poème pulvérisé (Paris,... Lot 24

CHAR René (1907-1988). Le Poème pulvérisé (Paris, Fontaine, 1947); in-4 (25,7 x 18,6 cm), bound in dark grey peccary, the first plate decorated with a mosaic of yellow, green, blue and parma morocco pastilles, separated in height by a raised vinyl listel, lining and endpapers in havana suede, cover and spine, edges gilt on witnesses, flap folder and case sheathed in the same leather (Georges Leroux, 1986). First edition, with the frontispiece by Matisse, in a binding by Georges Leroux. One of the 65 first copies on Johannot paper signed in ink by René Char containing an original signed linocut outside the text by MATISSE as frontispiece (n° XXII). Le Poème pulvérisé will be included in Fureur et mystère (1948). Delightful binding with pastilles by Georges Leroux. PROVENANCE Fred Feinsilber (2006, n° 315).