CHOPIN, Henri. L’Arriviste. Paris: Éditions Hautefeuille (Caractéres). 1958.
8vo. Light blue soft covers lettered in black to covers; pp. 81, [7]; warping to spine, toning to covers, creasing to front cover and wearing to edges, toning to text block; very good.
Inscribed copy of one of Chopin’s earliest poetry books.
These early poems which are focused on the body, and introduce the poetic element, or “protagonist”, of the tape recorder were written by Chopin between 1951 and 1957. This collection is one of Chopin’s first poetry books.
This copy has been inscribed (without mentioning his name) to the typographer Robert Massin. At the time, Chopin was working as a typographic proofreader like many others in the lettrist movement such as Altagor.
SKU: 2123512