Unique Eunuque.
PICABIA, Francis.
From Sims Reed Ltd ABA ILAB, London, United Kingdom
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AbeBooks Seller since 01 December 1999
From Sims Reed Ltd ABA ILAB, London, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 01 December 1999
About this Item
8vo. (208 x 152 mm). [20 leaves; pp. 38, (i)]. Blank leaf, leaf with half-title, printed title, leaf with Picabia's 'Portrait de l'Auteur par Lui-Même', leaf with Picabia's dedication ' . A mon meilleur ami', two leaves with Tzara's 'Préface', leaf with Pascal's 'Préface' recto and quotations verso, section title and ten leaves with Picabia's verse recto and verso dated 'Paris, 6 janvier 1920', final leaf with justification and publisher's woodcut vignette by Derain; the protruding uncut pages have some minor spotting at foot. Original publisher's thick yellow printed paper wrappers with titles to front cover and spine in black. An unsophisticated copy of the large paper édition de tête of Picabia's dada verse composition. From the edition limited to 1,025 copies, with this No. 3 of 10 copies from the édition de tête on large paper vergé d'Arches - all hors commerce - stamp-numbered to the justification. Published in the series 'Collection Dada' with a preface by Tristan Tzara, an additional 'Préface par Pascal' and introductory quotations from Oscar Wilde, Nietzsche and Picabia himself, 'Unique Eunuque' is a long verse work of automatic stream of consciousness composed in January 1920. Illustrated with Picabia's highly stylised and abstracted self-portrait as frontispiece - Brancusi's noted abstraction of Joyce is figurative by comparison - the poem was published shortly before 'Jésus-Christ Rastaquoère' and Picabia's rupture with Tzara and Paris dada. 'Toute conviction est une maladie.' (Picabia's introductory aphorism). 'Un titre bizarre, 'Unique EUnuque', nous prédispose à une méfiance barbare . C'est en effet un poème unique . où l'auteur semble avoir poursuivi le problème d'enregistrer comme sur une plaque sensible les images les plus disparates telles qu'elles se présentent à l'ésprit, avec divagation. On pense souvent en effet sans but, et l'esprit perçoit alors comme l'oeil le vol d'une hirondelle dans l'azur; un souvenir lubrique ou banal lui succède, par bonds; un chant traverse l'espace et frappe l'oreille; la mémoire frémit à un choc douloureux, une joie vous transporte subitement, une caresse passe . '. (Marie de la Hire, 1920). With some slight toning from a former glassine wrapper to the initial and final blanks. [Ades 7.24; Sanouillet 463]. Seller Inventory # 47986
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Title: Unique Eunuque.
Publisher: Au Sans Pareil., Paris.
Publication Date: 1920
Binding: Soft cover
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