Idéogrammes en Chine by Henri Michaux
Montpellier; Fata Morgana, 1975. 24pp. 10 ideograms printed in red. 1st edition. Limited to 1200 copies, 1/40 on Japan pearl paper, of which this is number 22. The pages loose and bound with obi as issued. In Fine condition.
Initially written as an introduction to Leon Chang’s La Calligraphie Chinoise (1971), this is an extraordinary prose poem exploring Michaux’s fascination with Chinese language, the discovery of which proved decisive for his own work.
Montpellier; Fata Morgana, 1975. 24pp. 10 ideograms printed in red. 1st edition. Limited to 1200 copies, 1/40 on Japan pearl paper, of which this is number 22. The pages loose and bound with obi as issued. In Fine condition.
Initially written as an introduction to Leon Chang’s La Calligraphie Chinoise (1971), this is an extraordinary prose poem exploring Michaux’s fascination with Chinese language, the discovery of which proved decisive for his own work.
Montpellier; Fata Morgana, 1975. 24pp. 10 ideograms printed in red. 1st edition. Limited to 1200 copies, 1/40 on Japan pearl paper, of which this is number 22. The pages loose and bound with obi as issued. In Fine condition.
Initially written as an introduction to Leon Chang’s La Calligraphie Chinoise (1971), this is an extraordinary prose poem exploring Michaux’s fascination with Chinese language, the discovery of which proved decisive for his own work.