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Pedro, António. Diário. Praia, 1929.

Sold for €550 at Pierre Bergé & Associés on Jul 6, 2022.

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Lot description

PEDRO, António. Diário. Praia, 1929. In-16 [165 x 112] de (20) ff. sous couverture illustrée, le tout tenu à l'aide de 2 attaches parisiennes en laiton. Édition originale peu commune, imprimée au Cap-Vert. La couverture est illustrée d'une composition de Jaime de Figueiredo (1905-1974). Recueil de poèmes de l'artiste et écrivain portugais António Pedro (1909-1966), l'un des principaux initiateurs du surréalisme dans la peinture portugaise à la fin des années 30 et l'un des membres fondateurs du groupe portugais surréaliste en 1947. Dos et bords de la couverture insolés, comme toujours. Diário. Praia, 1929. In-16 [165 x 112] of (20) ff. in illustrated cover, the whole held with 2 brass Parisian fasteners. Uncommon first edition, printed in Cape Verde. The cover is illustrated with a composition by Jaime de Figueiredo (1905-1974). Collection of poems by the Portuguese artist and writer António Pedro (1909-1966), one of the main initiators of surrealism in Portuguese painting at the end of the 1930s and one of the founding members of the Portuguese surrealist group in 1947. Spine and edges of the cover sunned, as always.

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