La guerre.
Paris: Editions Pythagore, L. Doudet, 152, Avenue de Wagram, 1920. Paperback. [16] pp., wraps. Covers foxed with minor signs of handling. Pages evenly toned; a crinkle in the upper right corner.
Anti-war poem with stunningly austere typography to match its stark imagery: “Guerre, abolition de l’art … Guerre, noir cholera qui dévore le monde.” This is the issue printed on “ordinary paper” (number 10,811 of 20,000 copies); another 100 copies were printed on special paper. Printed by Imprimerie spéciale des éditions Figuière, 166, Boulevard Montparnasse, Paris; this was the printing office run by the publisher Eugene Figuiere who was associated with modernist art, especially cubism, and published works by Guillaume Appollinaire, Albert Gleizes, and Jean Metzinger.
Cat.No: 298903
Price: $65.00